Yep, I think that's basically it. Being raised in a misogynist culture and lacking exposure to alternatives/ the intellectual tools to question received wisdom. But if they had the self-awareness to realize that this was at the root of their worldview, they wouldn't remain misogynists, would they? So of course they…

I am glad that you were able to eventually recognize your own flawed thinking and change it, rather than use the explanations as excuses.

I read it all! I think that's a good point.

Anecdotal evidence of nothing at all...

I think you missed one..... because that's how we were raised. I freely admit to being an absolute misogynistic, racist prick for an embarrassing chunk of my life. But that, all of that, came from a place of ignorance and not hate. I fully understand that it felt the same to those around me. It's not an excuse,…

I feel like "I actually just hate anyone different from myself because I secretly hate myself and am desperate to not hate myself" is just a nice catchall reason.

I think the #1 reason misogynists are misogynists is because society is misogynistic and enforces double-standards. Being a misogynist is like the default setting for men who have been raised to be entitled. It's great that so many men have been able to break free from it.

Oh yeah, all those many many many false rape accusers who definitely do exist and represent a major chunk of women. All those women. I TOTALLY GET IT.

Another addition to the list:

Many men down in Manville liked wimmin a lot
But the MRAs down there in Manville did not
Those men hated women - accused them of teasin'
Now please don't ask me why. No one quite knows the reason
It could be their mums didn't raise them quite right
It could be the fact that we're "frigid" and "tight"
But I think that the…

I've said it before and I'll say it again -

No one cares about your penis, bro.

Life's not fair. Go fuck the sleeve of your favorite jacket and deal with it.

/attempts to tune tiniest violin
//gives up

This sounds like it all boils down to a persistent inability to recognize the people around them as autonomous beings with their own thoughts, feelings, behaviors, successes and failures. If any one of these men would take a moment to stop and realize that women are also people, and that they have rich internal lives …

AKA why feminism helps men, too.

I always thought a misogynist was simply someone who didn't see women as an equal. I know a lot of them. But I would also add another category: Men become that way because their definition of what a woman should be is never met. It's the polar opposite of the first entry. I call it the "June Cleaver was my mommy…

That last guy just sounds like a sad and angry person.

Funny I thought the modern definition of masculinity has grown the size of the definition. But what do I know? I'm just a woman. And a feminist at that.

And all women who want to get married and/or have kids are golddiggers, all women who claim to be raped are making a false accusation, feminazis are women who think women are people, and blackmailers are women who want him to contribute something to a relationship.

May I summarize? Because they're narrow-minded assholes who believe really weird myths about women and men.

"And no I don't hate women in general, just some of them like the gold-diggers, false rape accusers, blackmailers and feminazis who think men must be eradicated."