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Today in sexism: plain of feature and certainly overweight…

Today in sexism: plain of feature and certainly overweight... Michael Rowe shared this on Facebook with the following comment: “I can’t help but wonder what it would look like if a male author wh...

“Four years ago I climbed into a stranger’s car, like I had so many times before. I began to direct…”

Four years ago I climbed into a stranger’s car, like I had so many times before. I began to direct him toward a crowded movie theater parking lot which provided the privacy and safety necessary to con...

“Such as with images of women in pornography, there is a belief that the sexual nature of women (and girls) is licentious.”

Such as with images of women in pornography, there is a belief that the sexual nature of women (and girls) is licentious. The pre-pubescent girl that lures the older man with her nymphic charms or the...

“Give up now, you’d be more successful as a page 3 model love” #NoMorePage3

Currently studying architecture at uni. Went on a site visit as part of my course. Got asked why I was there by one of the construction workers, when the rest of the group were guys. I simply said tha...

Choosing between misogyny and feminism: a practical guide

People don’t want to hear about how women think and feel. They don’t want to picture women as people whom others might actually have to negotiate with. They want “equality” insofar as they want the er...

“The desire to harass women is not a virus spread by the internet that strikes individuals at random.”

The desire to harass women is not a virus spread by the internet that strikes individuals at random. Instead, it’s fueled by very real, and very complicated, underpinnings of structural misogyny (and,...

“No one cries foul when a student is expelled for cheating on an exam based on the preponderance of…”

No one cries foul when a student is expelled for cheating on an exam based on the preponderance of the evidence. Yet many mourn the lost “bright futures” of classmates accused of rape. And they insist...

On art, misogyny in disguise, and pointing it out

The defence of misogynist art is not dissimilar to the defence of misogynist everything else. Misogyny both creates and thrives on women’s intellectual insecurities, implying that dissent merely signi...

Today in misogyny: a bride burnt every hour: the horror of dowry deaths

One of my favourite columnists, Kalpana Sharma, produced a disturbing piece yesterday – on dowry deaths. Kalpana was appalled to read a headline, ‘One bride burnt every hour’. Not 50 years ago, but la...

“A few weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to a man who harassed my roommate and I outside a Chicago…”

A few weeks ago, I wrote an open letter to a man who harassed my roommate and I outside a Chicago bar. My goal was to address harassers and their apologists and to add a few layers of context around t...

Today in misogyny: On how feminism supposedly destroys femininity (according to Paulo Coelho)

This old chestnut (that feminism has encouraged women to be "unfeminine", whatever that is) does the rounds every so often. What it means is that the complainant believes that (1) women are no longer ...

“Women-only public spaces are a seductive idea…”

Women-only public spaces are a seductive idea: Finally, a respite from the never-ending groping, flashing, stares and inappropriate comments. But do we really want to send the message that it’s women ...

Today in misogyny: study finds a third of college men would rape if they could get away with it

I put this in the round-up on Sunday but I thought it deserved an airing of its own. A study of 73* US college men has found that nearly one-third of them would rape if (1) they thought they could get...

“Domestic violence lies at the more extreme end of a scale that encompasses men catcalling women in…”

Domestic violence lies at the more extreme end of a scale that encompasses men catcalling women in the street, uploading naked pictures of women to the internet without consent, and supporting a porn ...

Transmisogyny at Women’s Colleges Goes Beyond Questions of Admission.

And admission is only a first step; it’s only a basic, formal acknowledgement that our womanhood cannot be invalidated or denied with any accurate and historically grounded understanding of sexism, op...

Men must stand against this misogyny

Patriarchy, masculinity and misogyny: Of course, not every man is a misogynist. But that does not mean we can stay silent about the misogyny of others. All men benefit to some extent from the patriar...