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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Misogyny is hatred of (or hostility towards) women. The MGTOW thread, every single post in /r/TheRedPill, that dude that went on a rampage killing sorority girls in Santa Barbara because he couldn't get a date (which prompted the #YesAllWomen hastag) -- those are all examples of misogyny.
Sexism is a different beast, and it's expressed in many ways. It often takes the form of a societal or institutional bias against one gender (usually women, but men and transgendered people can be victims of sexism as well).
This Quora article does a pretty decent job explaining the difference:
http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-di...-some-examples |
So it's more of a "All misogynists are sexist, but not all sexists are misogynists." I'm not sure if I agree with that entirely, mainly because of how hostile sexists seem to get towards women who challenge their sexism, but I guess there are subtle differences. To me, sexism shows that you at least hold another gender in low-esteem, which should generally be seen as hostile, shouldn't it?