The word is "misandrist", Countess. There are plenty of them out there, treating men as if they were children to be patronised and told what to do. There's rarely an interest in looking *at* though, simply in power over. If we're talking people from the 60s, Fanny Craddock would be the perfect example.

As far as looks go, it's well established that men *aren't* the main discriminators - women are more judgemental to other women based on appearance than men could ever be.

And the belief that it isn't possible for men to comment positively on a woman's appearance without considering them a sex object is itself a prejudice against men. Yes, some men do consider women as objects; but that doesn't mean all men do; nor that men who can recognise beauty in women's appearance or dress are objectifying women.

Graham.