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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
See even by the dictionary definitions I think it's largely the same thing... people don't engage in the former without some element of the latter. I guess going by those, they're actually just different aspects of the same thing; misogyny is just the feelings/beliefs in and of themselves from their conception, whereas sexism is the active form of actually engaging in misogynistic behaviours (rather than just thinking them).
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Yeah, I suppose you could say misogyny is more of a conscious thing or that some people who behave in a sexist way don't think hard enough about why sexism comes from misogyny? I don't know. Neither is great is it?