History Main / StrawMisogynist

He only exists to have unfair views on women so the female character(s) can prove him wrong in a YouGoGirl moment. Or to prove he's a {{Jerkass}}. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Or a bastard]]. Very likely to be [[DeathByRacism horribly killed]], especially from shows that [[DoubleStandard use]] the MenAreTheExpendableGender trope. Note that StrawFeminists rarely end up with the same gruesome fate and often have sympathetic characterization or a FreudianExcuse to go with their hatred of the other sex.

'''Due to the controversial nature of this trope, please refrain from adding RealLife examples.''' Yes, much like the StrawFeminist, there are people like this that do exist in real life (a VocalMinority at most), but remember that TV Tropes exist to archives tropes used in fiction- it's not a venting agent for any man whose political views you [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike don't like]], so please try to keep the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment in mind. And don't forget about TroperTales.

* Just why exactly were so many teenage guys in ''{{Zoey101}}'' so upset about the idea of quirky cute girls coming to their school?
** I can think of at least one [[{{RagingStiffie}} reason.]]

* Just why exactly were so many teenage guys in ''{{Zoey101}}'' so upset about the idea of quirky cute girls coming to their school?

He only exists to have unfair views on women so the female character(s) can prove him wrong in a YouGoGirl moment. Or to prove he's a {{Jerkass}}. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Or a bastard]]. Very likely to be [[DeathByRacism horribly killed]], especially from shows that use the MenAreTheExpendableGender trope.

* Ferengi in ''StarTrek''. Which is sort of strange, because as Quark once points out, the Ferengi's love of money has actually made them largely immune to many ''other'' human vices, like racism.

The SpearCounterpart to the StrawFeminist. The StrawMisogynist is usually Male (but not always) and [[HeManWomanHater hates or has contempt for women]] in general. Many times, he backs up his theories with pseudo-scientific evidence that men are inherently superior in every domain and that women ought to StayInTheKitchen and grovel at the feet of men in light of these "irrefutable" proofs that all women are worthy of his contempt and ridicule.

He only exists to have very outdated views [[ValuesDissonance (at least by modern standards)]] on women so the female character(s) can prove him wrong in a YouGoGirl moment. Or to prove he's a {{Jerkass}}. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Or a bastard]]. Very likely to be [[DeathByRacism horribly killed]], especially from shows that use the MenAreTheExpendableGender trope.

Sadly thanks to [[DoubleStandard Double Standards]], any critic of Feminism can get one labeled a Straw Misogynist who only wants to return society to the dark ages and defend his right to beat his wife, regardless of the content of the criticism. '''[[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Tropers, please do not put examples that apply to this here.]]'''

'''Due to heated opinions of the controversial nature of this trope as well as those that consider to be or advocate it, please refrain from adding RealLife examples.''' Yes, much like the StrawFeminist, there are people like this that do exist in real life (a VocalMinority at most), but remember that TV Tropes exist to archives tropes used in fiction- it's not a venting agent for any man whose political views you [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike don't like]], so please try to keep the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment in mind. And don't forget about TroperTales.

* All male villains of ''TheSwordOfTruth''. Yes, all of them.
* And while we're at it, TheMillenniumTrilogy. All of the male villains are either white supremacists or murder, rape and abuse women (thus the "Men Who Hate Women" of the first book's title)
* Approximately every other man in a ''GrahamMasterton'' novel is one of these, with seemingly nothing better to do that [[CompleteMonster rape and abuse innocent women for laughs]]. Reachs its nadir in the novel 'Death Mask' in which a woman creates a supernatural [[AxeCrazy mad slasher]] which starts slaughtering random people in her home city as punishment for a rape by [[{{Wallbanger}} someone she already killed... and when the heroes, including a cop, learn this, they let her go without any punishment at all]].

*** Maybe not ; his father said to look out for the girls, and while this sounds misogynist, it is more realistic than most portrayls ; this troper knows plenty of genuinely nice guys who think that women aren't as strong as them, but are kind and helpful rather than degrading because of it.
*** it is implied that Ezekiel's father said to him that women are dumber than men

He only exists to have very outdated views [[ValuesDissonance (at least by modern standards)]] on women so the female character(s) can prove him wrong in a YouGoGirl moment. Or to prove he's a {{Jerkass}}. [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Or a bastard]].

Very likely to be [[DeathByRacism horribly killed]].

Sadly thanks to [[DoubleStandard Double Standards]], any critic of Feminism can get one labeled a Straw Misogynist who only wants to return society to the dark ages and defend his right to beat his wife, regardless of the content of the criticism. '''Tropers, please do not put examples that apply to this here.'''

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* Pretty much every male student or staff member at Utopia Academy of {{Shitsurakuen}}. And How!

Often relies heavily on a pro-male, anti-female, version of MarsAndVenusGenderContrast.

'''Regarding RealLife examples''': Yes, much like the StrawFeminist, there are people like this that do exist in real life (a VocalMinority at most), but remember that TV Tropes exist to archives tropes used in fiction- it's not a venting agent for any man whose political views you [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike don't like]], so please try to keep the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment in mind. And don't forget about TroperTales.

* [[TheColbertReport Stephen Colbert]]. But not StephenColbert.

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* [[http://www.menarebetterthanwomen.com/ This Website]] and its creator.
** Supposedly Dick Masterson does it for the lulz, rather than actual misogyny.
*** Unfortunately, he is taken seriously by some hard-line misogynists who use his site's "findings" to support their theories.
**** {{GIFT}} and [[PoesLaw Poe's Law]] make this a [[FanDumb very common issue]] with these kinds of websites. EncyclopediaDramatica is another notable instance.
* [[http://www.theabsolute.net/minefield/ These guys]], too.
* This cleric [[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australian-muslim-cleric-blames-women-for-rape-421803.html]]
* Heinrich Kramer and Jakob Sprenger, two 15th century Dominicans, whose pamphlet ''Malleus Maleficarum'' is so ridiculously misogynistic that it would be laughable...[[BurnTheWitch if it hadn't been so influential historically]].
** Recent studies seem to indicate that Kramer alone was responsible for the ''Malleus'', and appended Sprenger's name illicitly to lend his authority to it. Kramer ''may'' also have forged the academic approbations that appear at the beginning of the work. Nevertheless, [[TheRenaissance Renaissance]] officials in central Europe seem to have accepted its dubious authority.
* Before the Taliban, there was Benito Mussolini. At first he supported women to get their support. But by WWII he restricted women from jobs, and had them [[StayInTheKitchen locked up at home where he considered as their rightful place.]]
** He also managed to convince 250,000 women in Rome to donate their wedding rings to the state when Italy faced sanctions for invading Ethiopia. Believed in his mind that women were just flesh for him to sexually feast on. Sadly many women went along with it.

* {{Subverted}} with the Sheriff of Nottingham in ''Series/RobinHood''. Thoughout the series, Vaizey makes several disparaging remarks toward women, and often refers to them as "lepers". However, there was an interesting subtext that suggested that it was all a show for the benefit of his [[TheDragon Dragon]], who he didn't want getting too close to any female who could threaten the influence Vaizey held over Guy. The only character Vaizey [[PetTheDog shows any love for is his sister]], and he never underestimates Marian, even when Guy and Robin do. When an Abbess comes to the castle and a guard argues against letting her into a room where the tax money is kept, the Sheriff's response is notably ''not'' "she's just a woman", but "she's just a nun."

*** Secular officials, yes. ''The Inquisition'' itself rejected the book and gave its writers hell for pandering to peasant superstitions. [[BurnTheWitch Nearly every major European witch hunt from 1450-1750]] was lead and organized by local officials, and any and all belief in some kind of [[ThePope 'Popish plot']] to 'get women' is now regarded by professional historians as [[DidNotDoTheResearch utter nonsense]]. [[TheyJustDidntCare Not that this stops the more ignorant TV, movie, or fiction writers from using it, of course]].

* Approximately every other man in a ''GrahamMasterton'' novel is one of these, with seemingly nothing better to do that [[CompleteMonster rape and abuse innocent women for laughs]]. Reachs its nadir in the novel 'Death Mask' in which a woman creates a supernatural [[AxeCrazy mad slasher]] which starts slaughtering random people in her home city as punishment for a rape by [[Wallbanger someone she already killed... and when the heroes, including a cop, learn this, they let her go without any punishment at all]].

*** Secular officials, yes. ''The Inquisition'' itself rejected the book and gave its writers hell for pandering to peasant superstitions. [[BurnTheWitch Nearly every major European witch hunt from 1450-1750]] was lead and organized by local officials, and any and all belief in some kind of [[ThePope 'Popish plot']] to 'get women' is now regarded by professional historians as [[DidNotDoTheResearch utter nonsense]]. [[TheyJustDidn'tCare Not that this stops the more ignorant TV, movie, or fiction writers from using it, of course]].

'''Regarding RealLife examples''': Yes, much like the StrawFeminist, there are people like this that do exist in real life (a VocalMinority at most), but remember that TV Tropes exist to archives tropes used in fiction- it's not a venting agent for any misogynist you [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike don't like]], so please try to keep the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment in mind. And don't forget about TroperTales.

** He also managed to convince 250,000 women in Rome to donate their wedding rings to the state when Italy faced sanctions for invading Ethiopia. Believed in his mind that women were just flesh for him to sexually feast on. Sadly many women went along with it (* not to say that makes it right* )

* [[AvatarTheLastAirbender Waterbending master Pakku's]] misogyny seems tailor made to be proven wrong.]]

* Waterbending master Pakku's misogyny seems tailor made to be proven wrong.

*** It was so incredibly stupid to give that explanation, when they could have just as well said that the villain transferred his own misogynistic perspective to others via his magical touch, leading to direct violence since they have no prior experience of such extreme negative emotions.

** ''{{Angel}}'' had a character that unleashed the latent violent misogyny of all human men. Apparently, ''all'' men are these, we're just repressed. And that sociopathic vampires are above such petty concerns. Screw you, Tim Minear and Jeffrey Bell.

* And while we're at it, TheMilleniumTrilogy. All of the male villains are either white supremacists or murder, rape and abuse women (thus the "Men Who Hate Women" of the first book's title)

'''Regarding RealLife examples''': Yes, much like the StrawFeminist, there are people like this that do exist in real life (but they're just a VocalMinority at most), but remember that TV Tropes exist to archives tropes used in fiction- it's not a venting agent for any misogynist you [[ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike don't like]], so please try to keep the RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment in mind. And don't forget about TroperTales.

**He also managed to convince 250,000 women in Rome to donate there wedding rings to the state when Italy faced sanctions for invading Ethiopia. Believed in his mind that women were just flesh for him to sexually feast on. Sadly many women went along with it (*not to say that makes it right*)