Posted by Tony from ? (167.88.192.30) on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 1:30PM :
Characteristics
of a Misogynist
compiled by Mahanidhi dasa
1. He thinks that his masculinity depends on
dominating women.
2. He feels powerful by subjugating women.
3. His emotional security depends on women being
controlled.
4. He wants to insure that women are less powerful
than he.
5. He controls women by destroying their
self-confidence.
6. He is unnecessarily critical of women.
7. He intimidates women by finding faults with
them.
8. He humiliates women in public and devalues
their opinions.
9. He sees encounters with or about women as a
battle to be won.
10. He must always win in a discussion
with or about women.
11. He blames women for failings that are not
related to them.
12. He blames women for his own failings and
shortcomings.
13. He accuses women of being too sensitive if they
get upset with him.
14. He will confuse issues by changing the subject.
15. He will confuse issues by denial or word
jugglery.
16. He will confuse issues by acting as if nothing
happened after it did.
17. He belittles or ignores women s
accomplishments.
18. He denies her feelings and makes her wrong for
feeling them.
19. He is condescending, taunting, jeering, or angry
toward her.
20. He is hostile, aggressive, contemptuous, or cruel
to her.
21. He makes derogatory comments about women
in general.
22. He wants to punish women when they displease
him.
23. He has no remorse or guilt for the pain he
causes women.
24. He is in anxiety about women and meditates on
them.
25. He forces women not to do things that they re
qualified to do.
26. He selectively quotes authorities to substantiate
his position.
Misogyny is a mental disorder that requires therapy.
If someone you know has some or all of the above
symptoms, humbly request that person to find
qualified treatment for their condition.
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