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Originally Posted by Niamh.
I would say the two are a lot of times entwined but misogyny is more of an actual hatred for women. Like you could be sexist but not a misogynist but all misogynists are sexists (that sounds like one of those Maths/IQ test questions  ) These are the definitions
sexism
noun
prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.
misogyny
noun
dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. |
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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