Reply #220: In your estimation, [View All]

[lumberjack_jeff]

What percentage of the population don't qualify for one of the (by my count, nine) stereotypes you've created? Would you describe those who remain to be a "large group"? If so, you've answered your own question. If not, it seems that you've overstated the problem.

There are, of course, other kinds of misogynists – The Flasher, The Woman Who’s Wunnathaguys, The Expert On Women, The Wounded Little Boy, The Online Troll in Drag, The Self-Appointed Therapist – but these tend to be subsets of the three I’ve described above. And, of course, there’s some overlap. Courtly Gents can become “Honest” Guys and vice versa, and I’ve seen cases where both have devolved into Slobbering Yahoos.

There’s not much a woman can do about these types other than try to avoid being played. Almost all of them are masks some men – and even some women – put on when they don’t want to actually listen to a woman. No, merely disagreeing with a woman and saying so does not make someone a misogynist, but when one of these masks turns up in an argument, any smart woman will take note of it. They are often invoked by someone who’s losing a debate and is hoping to get a woman to shut up and back away.

Shutting women up, is, after all, really what it’s all about.

Did you really type this with a straight face? Your writing wasn't intended to do exactly what you're accusing those with whom you disagree of doing?