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== Examples of misogyny ==
== Examples of misogyny <ref>https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/community_and_living/community_safety__crime_preve/domestic_violence/Tackling-misogyny.aspx#:~:text=Examples%20of%20internalised%20misogyny%3A,is%20to%20be%20a%20mother.</ref>  ==


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*i.e. The belief that women are 'too emotional' to be good leaders.
*i.e. The belief that women are 'too emotional' to be good leaders.
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'''Gender roles'''
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*i.e. the belief that a woman’s main purpose is to be a mother.
*i.e. the belief that a woman’s main purpose is to be a mother.
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Revision as of 01:13, 12 November 2022

Misogyny is the the enforcement of strict gender roles and expectations on girls and women that directly results in violence, active hostility and/or opposition towards those who do not identify, present, or express themselves as masculine and/or men. - The Anti-Oppression Network, adapted by Michelle Xie [1]



Examples of misogyny [2]

Sexual standards

Women’s sexual behaviour is judged differently from men’s sexual behaviour.

Emotional standards

  • i.e. The belief that women are 'too emotional' to be good leaders.

Gender roles

  • i.e. the belief that a woman’s main purpose is to be a mother.

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