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The real misogyny : Comments

By Babette Francis, published 16/10/2012

Charges of sexism and misogyny against Tony Abbott do not stand scrutiny.

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Tony Abbott being less popular with female voters means he is misogynist. Julia Gillard being less popular with male voters means the male voters are misogynist.
Posted by Houellebecq, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 3:38:01 PM
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Our PM is the first PM to really bring out the sexism problems in our parliament. This is because she IS the first female PM, much to the disgust of many male politicians and voters.
Change is hard for some people, especially when a woman has beaten all other males in the land to get the top job.

Interestingly, I heard on the radio just now that the word 'misogynist' is to be given a new modern-day meaning by one of the main dictionary producers.

These days it doesn't really mean woman-hater as such, but more someone who dislikes strong women or having a severe dislike of capable women in high positions or bright women with minds of their own...
Posted by Suseonline, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 4:00:08 PM
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'These days it doesn't really mean woman-hater as such'

Yeah it does.

As I said in another thread, it is significant that it's a word used to label people, and it has been changed in order to label people who actually don't fit the definition, but retains the original definition so as to retain the very same connotations.

Why don't we change the definition of Rapist, so we can use it with more safety against non-rapists, while still retaining it's effect?

What about pedophile?

I ask, why was it so important to use this word as a label for people who didn't fit the original definition.
Posted by Houellebecq, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 4:31:08 PM
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'These days it doesn't really mean woman-hater as such, but more someone who dislikes strong women or having a severe dislike of capable women in high positions or bright women with minds of their own...'

Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.

Lord Bullock wrote: "the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought immediately reveals itself as a jarring dissonance."
Posted by Houellebecq, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 4:48:16 PM
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I would imagine the dictionary producers wouldn't seek to change or modernize the word misogyny without good reason.
After seeing some of the intense looks Abbott has directed at various women in and out of Parliament when he hasn't got his own way though, I don't think they should change the meaning of the word in his case...
Posted by Suseonline, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 5:22:58 PM
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"After seeing some of the intense looks Abbott has directed at various women in and out of Parliament..."

Couldn't we just call it myopia?

No many politicians are farsighted - and it's gender neutral.
Posted by WmTrevor, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 5:37:30 PM
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