History Main / StrawMisogynist

* In ''Literature/TheMillenniumTrilogy'', all of the male villains are either white supremacists or murderers, rapists and abusers of women (thus the "Men Who Hate Women" of the first book's title)

* Wrestling/SantinoMarella actually attempted to invert this by mocking ''all'' the Divas in the lead-up to the Miss ''[=WrestleMania=]'' contest in 2009 - but trying to justify it by claiming ''he'' was the victim of discrimination, wanting to compete for the title of Miss ''[=WrestleMania=]'' and claiming he was being unfairly excluded "because of my genitalia." Whether this was InferioritySuperiorityComplex or just PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad is anyone's guess. [[spoiler: Ironically, Santino ''really did'' enter the match disguised as a woman and managed to win the whole thing, with the result that s/he turned face.]]

A specific type of PoliticallyIncorrectVillain, this is a character drawn as having hateful views of women [[TheWarOnStraw so that he can be proven wrong]] and/or to show [[AndThatsTerrible how bad he is for having these views]].

* Atom Eve's father in ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'' was a slightly more sympathetic example as he genuinely cared for his wife and daughter, but had outdated ideas that strained his relationship with the latter. He says that the only reason he was ok with her being a superhero was that her boyfriend Rex was there to protect her, even though she's much stronger than he is. When she angrily retorts that he cheated on her, he quickly tells her to forgive him, saying "all guys make mistakes" and "Don't be a-" [[CurseCutShort before stopping himself]] and telling her that an 18-year-old girl can't be a hero on their own. [[JerkassHasAPoint Granted, she almost died during the]] [[AlienInvasion Flaxan invasions]] even with a team backing her up so he did have a valid point regarding teamwork, but he did a terrible job getting the point across and caused her to angrily run away from home.

* The title character in ''Film/{{Borat}}'' is [[RefugeInAudacity a particularly over-the-top example]], as befits someone from [[NoWomansLand the movie's fictionalized version]] of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}}. Then again, the point of the character--a FunnyForeigner who spends the movie talking to real Americans as part of the {{mockumentary}}--is to embolden interviewees to express their own prejudices, thereby revealing that such attitudes are well and alive closer to home than we might assume.

* Film/{{Borat}} Sagdiyev is [[RefugeInAudacity a particularly over-the-top example]], as befits someone from [[NoWomansLand the movie's fictionalized version]] of UsefulNotes/{{Kazakhstan}}. Then again, the point of the character--a FunnyForeigner who spends the movie talking to real Americans as part of the {{mockumentary}}--is to embolden interviewees to express their own prejudices, thereby revealing that such attitudes are well and alive closer to home than we might assume.

* One bonus episode of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Sky'' stars the legendary all-female Team Charm. A minor character, a Houndoom, exists in that chapter and only gets two lines: one is expressing blatant sexism towards Team Charm, and the other reveals him as a hypocritical coward.]]

* One bonus episode of ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers of Sky'' stars the legendary all-female Team Charm. A minor character, a Houndoom, exists in that chapter and only gets two lines: one is expressing blatant sexism towards Team Charm, and the other reveals him as a hypocritical coward. The Pokedex mentions that horn size determines rank in a Houndoom pack, and the sprite art shows males always have bigger horns, [[FridgeBrilliance heavily implying the species as a whole is male-dominated.]]

** One was retconned into this role during "[[Recap/DoctorWho2017CSTwiceUponATime Twice Upon a Time]]", where most of his interactions with Bill had him say something bigoted to show how old-fashioned he was.

* Music/{{Eminem}} satirises his reputation for dangerous misogyny by having his AntiRoleModel Slim Shady character rap about extremely silly misogyny.

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'''s villain [[YellowPeril Dr. Nofun]], is portrayed as extremely sexist; his beliefs are so over-the-top that it's clearly meant to be played for comedy. Recently, larger versions of his misogynist [=PSAs=] have been running as the weekend filler with the disclaimer: "The opinions expressed here are the views of a fictional two-dimensional villain and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Sluggy Freelance LLC, [[YouMakeMeSic it's]] subsidiaries, subsidiaries, and slightly less fictional avian representation in perpetuity, esquire." This is played even straighter when [[spoiler:it's revealed that his misogyny is all just an act to get a group of weak-willed women and terrified men that he can use the threat of the female bogeyman to control their every thought, so his minions won't rebel against him.]]

** "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E20Neutopia Neutopia]]" turns all of the men on the Panet Express team into Straw Misogynists when Hermes points out a clause in their employment contract which requires all women to pose nude if requested (in this case, to publish a sexy calendar in hopes of saving the company from bankruptcy), and the other male employees support it.

* Fnog, Leela's former martial arts instructor in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''. "Better than being a girl. Like you. You're a girl!"

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has Numbuh 19th Century who, just like his name suggests, was frozen at some point in the early 1800s and then unfrozen in the modern-day. He's missed out on two centuries of SocietyMarchesOn and therefore his views on women are somewhat... [[DeliberateValuesDissonance outmoded]]. Theoretically, the trope justifies itself, but what makes him a Straw Misogynist is a) his views on women are even more patronizing than the StayInTheKitchen attitude you might expect from the 19th Century, b) he's directly contrasted to the [[StrawFeminist boy-hating]] Numbuh 86, with whom he has BelligerentSexualTension, and c) his antiquated social views should go ''far'' beyond merely being condescending to women (he should, for example, be rather surprised that the black Numbuh Five is a KND Operative rather than, you know, being enslaved). This one can probably be chalked up to PoliticallyCorrectHistory.

** ''Fanfic/DarkSecrets'': Ron turns out to be a Death Eater (of course) and [[DomesticAbuse abuses]] MarySue before being killed by the literal DracoInLeatherPants

* ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'': General Tsao's objective was to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty force Jing King to marry him]] and his plan to forcibly merge their bloodlines means he had some [[MaritalRape heinous plans for her after the wedding]]. When Sly tells him that Jing wants nothing to do with him, Tsao retorts "she's a woman. She doesn't know up from down!". This prompts Sly to specifically tell to Tsao's face that, out of all of the villains he's faced, he's undoubtedly the worst.

* In ''VideoGame/LunarWalkingSchool'', the protagonists are a trio of girls who often contend with Ant, a {{Jerkass}} rival at magic school. He and his friends quickly establish themselves to be condescendingly sexist twerps. Iason, the Dojo teacher, is also obsessed with manhood.

The Straw Misogynist is [[FemaleMisogynist usually]] male and [[HeManWomanHater hates or has contempt for women]] in general. Many times, he backs up his assumptions 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 is likely to [[WindmillPolitical interpret]] the fact that many women do well in business, science and so on as some kind of insult and attack against him personally. When exaggerated, he has no problem bellowing (and sometimes putting in practice) the belief that [[{{Gendercide}} exterminating all women]] (except for the ones that are [[BreedingSlave necessary]] for [[BabyFactory some reason]], and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sometimes even then]]) will [[MissingStepsPlan somehow]] make the world a better place.

This character often looks very unattractive, [[StrawLoser implying that he has this attitude just because he can't get laid]]. When he doesn't, expect him to be either a [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rapist]], SerialKiller, {{Domestic Abuse}}r or some other sort of outright villain. Of course, he can easily be all of this when the author feels especially {{Anvilicious}}. Conversely, the BigBad who has [[CompressedVice not displayed this trait at all previously may suddenly bust it out]] in the final confrontation against the female main character, just to assure everyone that he's ''really'' evil and that it's okay to hate him, because all the murder and whatnot up to that point apparently wasn't enough.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': [[spoiler: [[GreaterScopeVillain Madara Uchiha]]]] is revealed to be this, degrading the [[TheMedic Fifth Hokage]] [[LadyOfWar Tsunade]] not only for being a weak Senju (which, compared with Hashirama, ANY Senju would be), but a weak woman too. Tsunade shuts him up by activating her ultimate technique and managing to destroy his InstantArmor with a ''single punch.'' He escapes -- [[WorthyOpponent and admits she isn't a weak woman]].

* Most [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' villains fit this category, notably Ares, who keeps women in chains as slaves. Dr. Psycho, [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 in his first story]], is a phony medium who can summon the "ghost of UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington" and uses this fake psychic projection to denounce the inclusion of women in the US Armed Forces. As time goes on, Psycho eventually turns into a disgusting sadist with a particular fondness for torturing and utterly breaking women, which firmly cemented his status as one of the single most vile individuals in the Franchise/DCUniverse.

* Chucky the Killer Doll in the ''Film/ChildsPlay'' movies really, really hates women and girls. It could have something to do with the fact women have frequently hindered his progress in getting to Andy, whose body he needs to possess to escape being a plastic doll that easily melts. He is fond of the terms [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "Bitch" and "Slut"]]. In the third movie he swears to kill the two teenage girls when they [[ThisMeansWar graffiti his face with lipstick]]. ''Seed'' shows that Chucky would hate to have a daughter and wants a son instead, as while in ''Curse'' he outright states he hates women and his backstory implies that a woman is responsible for him being forced to transfer his soul into a doll.

* ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'': The Republic of Gilead abolished all women's rights and made them wives, servants or {{breeding slave}}s, aside from the Aunts (female enforcers of their policies). One part of the backstory is that they actually got into power by allying with StrawFeminist groups on [[TheHorseshoeEffect the many issues they agreed on]], then backstabbing them.

* The Sheriff in ''Series/RobinOfSherwood'' has pretty strong elements of this. If there's a woman in his storyline, he's either dismissive, insulting or trying to marry her for her money. And in those latter cases, he doesn't even pretend to care about them.

** Riddell from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship Dinosaurs on a Spaceship]]" who fits this trope perfectly. He exists solely as a token male with out of date opinions in order to make Amy and Queen Nefertiti look good. He does nothing else in the episode other than this. He clearly demonstrates through his words and actions that he thinks of women as inferior throughout the episode. He is, however, delighted when he's proven wrong by the both of them and becomes genuinely enamored with Nefertiti in part ''because'' she's so strong-willed.

* In ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'', Al Bundy is portrayed this way a lot, a chauvinist who only judges women (at least those he doesn't know personally) in terms of how good they look eye-candy-wise; those he ''does'' know personally he doesn't get along with at all, especially Marcie. (Who herself is [[StrawFeminist really no better.]] One good example had him call Creator/JerrySpringer, who was playing a male StrawFeminist (he even called himself "The Masculine Feminist"). The topic at hand was whether women should be allowed to form bowling leagues. Al tells him "If God wanted women to bowl, He would have put their boobs on their backs so we'd have something to watch."

* ''VideoGame/Sly3HonorAmongThieves'': General Tsao's objective was to [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty force Jing King to marry him]] and his plan to forcibly merge their bloodlines means he had some [[MaritalRape heinous plans for her after the wedding]]. When Sly tells him that Jing wants nothing to do with him, Tsao retorts "she's a woman. She doesn't know up from down!". This prompts Sly to specifically tell to Tsao' face that, out of all of the villains he's faced, he's undoubtedly the worst.

* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan:'' The character 'Stunt' started out as one, and still has many, many elements. He's also a plain ol' {{Jerkass}}. Evil Orcs also fall into this category. He's pretty-much graduated to a standard HeManWomanHater at this point.

* ''Webcomic/{{Bomango}}'' used one in a [[http://vanheist.deviantart.com/art/The-Morrigan-Induction-288872616 strip]] once. A coach of an all-male rugby team won't let she-beast, Gogo, on the team. Oddly enough, the creator out-right admits it in the strip's description.

** Sokka starts out as one early in the series, namely as the problem-of-the-day in "The Warriors of Kyoshi", where he is skeptic of the competency of an AmazonBrigade and [[CurbStompBattle promptly gets an asskicking]]. He later apologizes to their leader, Suki, and asks her to teach him some of their fighting moves. They end up becoming friends, and later, [[OfficialCouple boyfriend and girlfriend.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has Numbuh 19th Century who, just like his name suggests, was frozen at some point in the early 1800s and then unfrozen in the modern day. He's missed out on two centuries of SocietyMarchesOn and therefore his views on women are somewhat... [[DeliberateValuesDissonance outmoded]]. Theoretically, the trope justifies itself, but what makes him a Straw Misogynist is a) his views on women are even more patronizing than the StayInTheKitchen attitude you might expect from the 19th Century, b) he's directly contrasted to the [[StrawFeminist boy-hating]] Numbuh 86, with whom he has BelligerentSexualTension, and c) his antiquated social views should go ''far'' beyond merely being condescending to women (he should, for example, be rather surprised that the black Numbuh Five is a KND Operative rather than, you know, being enslaved). This one can probably be chalked up to PoliticallyCorrectHistory.

The Straw Misogynist is [[FemaleMisogynist usually]] male and [[HeManWomanHater hates or dislikes women]] in general. Many times, he backs up his assumptions 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 is likely to [[WindmillPolitical interpret]] the fact that many women do well in business, science and so on as some kind of insult and attack against him personally. When exaggerated, he has no problem bellowing (and sometimes putting in practice) the belief that [[{{Gendercide}} exterminating all women]] (except for the ones that are [[BreedingSlave necessary]] for [[BabyFactory some reason]], and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sometimes even then]]) will [[MissingStepsPlan somehow]] make the world a better place.

The Straw Misogynist is [[FemaleMisogynist usually]] male and [[HeManWomanHater hates or has contempt for women]] in general. Many times, he backs up his assumptions 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 is likely to [[WindmillPolitical interpret]] the fact that many women do well in business, science and so on as some kind of insult and attack against him personally. When exaggerated, he has no problem bellowing (and sometimes putting in practice) the belief that [[{{Gendercide}} exterminating all women]] (except for the ones that are [[BreedingSlave necessary]] for [[BabyFactory some reason]], and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sometimes even then]]) will [[MissingStepsPlan somehow]] make the world a better place.

[[folder:Literature]]* ''Literature/TwentySixSixtySix'': Prejudice against women is common in Santa Teresa, which fuels the domestic violence and murders. [[spoiler: One scene even depicts officers taking advantage of prostitutes that they arrested.]] Then again, the crimes in the novel are based on the real-life murders of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_homicides_in_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez literally hundreds of women in Ciudad Juárez]], so this is arguably an extremely uncomfortable case of TruthInTelevision.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls2016'' has Man-Boy a manly lumberjack that hates that Townsville has gotten soft by "women and effeminate men" and need to return to its manly roots. He constantly antagonizes the girls, especially Buttercup, and gets his ass handed to him as a result. He's so far up his own ego that he yells "You throw like a girl" after Buttercup flings him across Townsville. Despite looking like a [[TheNapoleon very short man]], beard and all, he's really [[YoungerThanHeLooks a boy]] who acts like what he thinks [[TestosteronePoisoning a real man should act]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs 2020}}'', there's the Russian director of the ''Animaniacs'' knock-off in the short "Anime-nyet". The Warner Siblings were already upset over the show, but when the director claims that the joke about "Hello Female Medical Practitioner" (a knock-off of Hello Nurse) is that women aren't smart enough to be "Medical Practitioner"s, Dot takes the lead in trying to inflict violence on him.

The Straw Misogynist is usually male ([[FemaleMisogynist but not always]]) and [[HeManWomanHater hates or has contempt for women]] in general. Many times, he backs up his assumptions 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 is likely to [[WindmillPolitical interpret]] the fact that many women do well in business, science and so on as some kind of insult and attack against him personally. When exaggerated, he has no problem bellowing (and sometimes putting in practice) the belief that [[{{Gendercide}} exterminating all women]] (except for the ones that are [[BreedingSlave necessary]] for [[BabyFactory some reason]], and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sometimes even then]]) will [[MissingStepsPlan somehow]] make the world a better place.

* Chucky the Killer Doll in the ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' movies really, really hates women and girls. It could have something to do with the fact women have frequently hindered his progress in getting to Andy, whose body he needs to possess to escape being a plastic doll that easily melts. He is fond of the terms [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain "Bitch" and "Slut"]]. In the third movie he swears to kill the two teenage girls when they [[ThisMeansWar graffiti his face with lipstick]]. ''Seed'' shows that Chucky would hate to have a daughter and wants a son instead, as while in ''Curse'' he outright states he hates women and his backstory implies that a woman is responsible for him being forced to transfer his soul into a doll.

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