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A systemic prejudice against women, embedded in attitudes, institutions, and everyday treatment.
means A deep-rooted prejudice against women, built into attitudes, speech, or systems rather than just one bad mood toward one person.
from From Greek misos, 'hatred,' plus gyné, 'woman' — the same gyné that gives us gynecology. The word entered English in the 1600s, but stayed fairly rare in everyday speech for centuries, surfacing mostly in dense philosophical or satirical texts, before feminist writers and theorists in the 20th century pulled it into common use as a precise name for something that had long gone under-named.
- not just hate
- includes policing, punishing women who defy expected roles
- vs sexism
- sexism is belief in inferiority, this enforces it
- etymology
- greek misos plus gyne, literally woman hating
- often invisible
- can look like jokes, compliments, or concern