If you want to claim to be against misogyny, you might want to...

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    If you want to claim to be against misogyny, you might want to learn a bit about what it is first. Hint: it has nothing to do with sexual attraction or lack thereof.

    Your statement is overreach. While it is true that misogyny is not limited to sexual attraction or lack thereof, it may well include it.

    For instance, a misogynist male may feel entitled to comment on the attractiveness of a woman or otherwise, and to denigrate her if she doesn't respond to his ratings, or advances, as he wishes.

    Let me tell you, being rated for sexual attractiveness or the reverse, is standard misogynist behaviour. It's just that it doesn't cover the entire field of what constitutes offensive behaviour.

 
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