Nicely put.Sy Borg wrote: ↑August 5th, 2021, 6:07 pm Pattern-c, I find that prejudice comes in bundles. So you will see hatred of women goes with hatred of gays, and these tend to go with racism.
The common link is a hatred of weakness and worship of strength. What do we hate most? That which lies within ourselves. So there are millions of insecure men out there - insecure in their strength as men, perhaps worried about being seen as Beta males or gay. Their problem is that they lack the strength or ability to muster the desired level of male display behaviour physically or vocationally. So they engage in exaggerated macho posturing in rhetoric. In some social animals, gangs of beta males can be pretty dangerous.
Ultimately, men who hate women hate the weakness they perceive within themselves, often their inability to attract mates.
Randomly, I found another psychology article yesterday, one that is more specific to this topic.
You can find the full article here.Vulnerable narcissists are withdrawn, neurotic and insecure. They tend to have low self-esteem, be hypersensitive and feel anxious and depressed. [They] are selfish, feel entitled to special treatment and privileges and relate to others in antagonistic ways.
If I understand it correctly, it offers a possible answer to the question this topic asks: what is the root cause of misogyny? The answer is (perhaps) that misogyny is an outward expression of vulnerable narcissism. The root cause of misogyny is vulnerable narcissism.
What do you think?