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Posted By: Richard Bridge
09-May-07 - 06:55 AM
Thread Name: best thing seen at a folk club
Subject: RE: best thing seen at a folk club
Damn, Grab, I was just about to post the Wikipedia entry

Misandry
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All men are false, says my mother,
They'll tell you wicked, lovin' lies.
The very next evening, they'll court another,
Leave you alone to pine and sigh.

—"Silver Dagger", traditional song[1]

Look up Misandry in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Misandry (IPA [mɪ.ˈsæn.dri]) is the hatred of males as a sex, as opposed to misogyny, the hatred of women. Misandry comes from misos (Greek μῖσος, "hatred") + andr-ia (Greek anér-andros, "man").

Look up misanthropy in
Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Although misandry is sometimes confused with misanthropy, the terms are not interchangeable, for the latter refers more generally to the hatred of humanity. A concept related to misandry is androphobia, the fear of men, but not necessarily hatred of them. The opposite of misandry is philandry, the love of men.

Misandry is not discussed very often compared to misogyny. Feminist writer Judith Levine has called misandry "the hate that dares not speak its name".[2]