Posted by andreas from p3EE3C3EF.dip.t-dialin.net (62.227.195.239) on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 1:45PM :
In Reply to: Misogyny posted by Tony from ? (167.88.192.30) on Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at 1:30PM :
Misunderstanding?
In an earlier posting you wrote:
"I think this policy of Misogamy isn't something new. Is it?"
Did you in fact mean "misogyny" instead of "misogamy"?
If so, there wouldn't be a reason for my "Sodom & Gonorrhea" quib anymore.
: 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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