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->''"She seemed to view guys the same way she viewed potatoes."''
-->-- '''Kyon''', ''TheMelancholyOfHaruhiSuzumiya''

This rather vague phrase leads to tricky interpretation that's sometimes actively milked by the writers. Usually the assumption is that the character doesn't like machismo, or she has bad luck with men in her life, like her father or other relatives. That is, traits associated with men manifest into a dislike of men as a whole. This can pose a problem for any male lead trying to woo her, making it [[{{filler}} take much longer]] than suspected to win her over.

Generally, the author portrays the [[CloserToEarth woman in question sympathetically]], and [[TheUnfairSex vilifies whatever man]] drove her to hate the rest of his gender. A more sympathetic gender-flipped version of this is usually the backstory to the emotional RescueRomance the heroine of a story provides. See CelibateHero. (And, for younger male protagonists, GirlsHaveCooties. Though heaven forbid [[DoubleStandard an]] ''[[DoubleStandard adult]]'' [[DoubleStandard man]] [[HeManWomanHater isn't fond of women...]].)

Other times it's just [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] to explain why a character isn't even seen with guys ([[PinkBishoujoGhetto not even offscreen]]), to entice shippers, or just to extend the possibilities of romantic entanglement you can put into a story. It's frequent that eventually one character comments on this and takes it in its [[SchoolgirlLesbians most literal interpretation]]. Conversely, {{bifauxnen}} and 'mundane' lesbian characters never seem to use this trope.
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[[folder: Anime and Manga ]]

* In most versions of ''SailorMoon'', Rei Hino is usually completely uninterested in romance and men in general, a lot of it coming from unresolved resentment [[DisappearedDad of her emotionally distant father]] since he [[spoiler:abandoned Rei's IllGirl of a MissingMom in a clinic during Mrs. Hino's last days]], as well as her unrequited love for her father's assistant Kaidou [[spoiler: who married another woman, despite her love for him]]. Late in the manga, when the villains torment her with this fact, Rei remembers that in her past life she had actually made an [[CelibateHero oath of chastity]] to Princess Serenity and is able to fully accept this part of herself. Her actual ''dislike'' of men dies down for the most part overtime.
** Amusingly, nearly ever ''other'' adaptation of the story ignores that convoluted explanation as part of the adaptation (Whether that's [[AdaptationDistillation Distillation]] or [[AdaptationDecay Decay]] [[YourMileageMayVary is up to you]]), especially the famous anime series where Rei is explicitly fond of flashy boys. None of this ever changes her ''apparent'' dislike though, so there are actually ''more'' jokes at her expense about 'not liking men.'
* In ''{{Maria-sama Ga Miteru}}'', Sachiko's dislike of men stems from snotty society men and a mutually uninterested early fiancé. This played up to the comedic point she can't even be ''around'' overly masculine men without being distressed.
** One of the [[{{omake}} DVD extras]] makes fun of this, when the neighboring boy's school is allowed to do a version of the show's opening credits until Sachiko arrives in a conniption fit and the girls scramble to change the scenery.
* The phrase itself isn't used in ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'', but it's made clear with visual examples that Haruhi not only does not like men, she considers them to be entirely ''beneath'' her notice (to the point that she's comfortable with changing clothes in front of them). Of course, she makes an exception for the male protagonist in the end.
** This troper took it to be less of an issue with Men themselves and more of an attitude that, as a borderline sociopath, ''People'' were beneath her. Her treatment of the rest of the cast illustrates this. Thanks to some bit of CharacterDevelopment, by the end of the series the Male Protagonist is just the only person she ''actually'' takes seriously, and therefore she stops stripping in front of him...
*** It should be noted, however, that the "end of the series" is actually the sixth episode chronologically, thanks to AnachronicOrder. Meaning her change in that area is actually pretty quick. And that's not taking into account all the other light novels and chapters which haven't been made into anime episodes yet.
** Well, I thought that the point was that they ''were'' beneath her. When we found out she was [[spoiler: a cosmic range reality warper]], I thought the potatoes scene was fridge brilliance.
* Akane Tendo from ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'': Being attacked by ''all'' of the boys at school every morning because they think [[TheRedSonja they have to defeat you to have a chance to date you]] can do this. After being chosen to marry Ranma:
-->'''Nabiki:''' "Well... you hate boys, don't you?"
-->'''Kasumi:''' "So you're in luck! [[GenderBender He's half girl!]]"
** Though this seems to only apply to boys not men as she's okay with Genma and Tofu.
*** At the beginning, she was [[PrecociousCrush more than okay with Tofu]].
* A more extreme version is Asuka Mizunokoji from ''UruseiYatsura'', who has a phobia of men based on the fact that she was kept isolated from men until she turned 16 to keep her pure. As luck would have it, her handmaids explained the concept of males very badly, and the first one she ever encountered was [[TheLeisureSuitLarry major-league pervert]] Ataru Moroboshi. Go figure.
* Hiro from ''Wa ga na wa Umishi'' is a rather unconvincing example. It comes out later that she hates men due to her abusive father, but prior to that revelation she's been getting along extremely well with the other guys on her team. I guess it should be qualified that she hates 'some' men.
* Hinako Aikawa, the lead female character in the manga ''BitterVirgin'', is unsettled by being around men and flinches if one happens to touch her -- she is (at first) ''totally'' repelled by men, due to the ''huge'' trauma [[spoiler:of having been constantly [[RapeAsDrama raped by her stepfather]] and impregnated ''twice'', even giving birth once and having to give the child in adoption, all before high school.]] Ouch. (And guess who the lead guy, Suwa Daisuke, has to fall for?)
* Sakurako Tenmaku from ''AiKora'' is known for being "stingy" toward men, stemming from an incident in middle school, where her friends turned on her because all the boys fell for her, though through no machinations on her part.
** On top of that, the only boy she really ''was'' interested in tried to [[RapeAsDrama rape]] her...
* ''GalaxyAngelRune'''s Apricot Sakuraba plays this trope in an unusual sense; she can interact with men without difficulty, but if a man ''touches'' her, her super-strength kicks in and she literally ''reflexively'' kicks the man's ass.
* In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Nodoka seems to have mild case of androphobia (''greatly'' [[AdaptationDecay exaggerated in the anime]]), and an early manga bio states that she "dislikes men". However, this seems to be do to the fact that she's [[ShrinkingVIolet extremely shy]] to begin with, and, being a student at an all-girls school, has very limited experience with men. She seems to be getting over it though, thanks to a ''massive'' crush on Negi.
* ''LoveHina'' also had this in the form of Motoko (at least early on, until she started falling for Keitaro), and at one point she's mistaken for a lesbian by a disguised Kanako. Who then proceeds to try and molest her.
* Nao Yuuki from the ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' anime is a teen prostitute who uses her CHILD to rob and injure the men who call her up for dates, taking advantage of their lust for her. [[spoiler: She's been doing so after a gang killed her father and left her mother (and more important person) comatose.]]
** Nao really isn't a prostitute. She may use [[EnjoKosai enjo kosai]], which can be considered a form of prostitution, but it doesn't have to go any further than a simple date. She even says that she doesn't let the men touch her.
* Hisui of ''{{Tsukihime}}'' does not react positively when a male touches her, it's originally explained as her being germophobic. But in ''reality'' it's because [[spoiler: after seeing her sister reduced to a broken shell after years of sexual abuse, she swears never to let a man touch her until Kohaku returns to normal.]] Naturally, Shiki quickly [[DeusSexMachina becomes an exception]].
* Yasuna of ''KashimashiGirlMeetsGirl'' has a hard time around men. It extends to the point she can't even see the face of a male clearly. This is most clearly seen in a sketch of her classmates she made, in which the girls' faces are fully drawn while the guys' don't go beyond basic lines. Pre-GenderBender Hazumu, though, stands out as having some detail. This is partially due to the fact Yasuna [[DudeLooksLikeALady accidentally mistook him for a girl when he was still a "he"]] and was able to see him.
* Kanako, the protagonist of ''MariaHolic'', does not like men to the point of breaking out in hives when she comes in contact with them. To alleviate this problem, she goes to an all-girls' school. As chance would have it, her ideal girl [[StupidSexyFlanders is in fact]] [[VillainousCrossdresser a crossdressing boy]].
* Eva from ''{{Karneval}}'' thinks that they suck. Cute, soft girls are her thing.
* Kureha of ''AfterSchoolNightmare'' REALLY does not like men. This affects her dream state as she [[spoiler: takes the form of her wearing a raincoat and stabbing everyone with umbrellas, since she was brutally raped during a storm when walking home from school alone. Her mother not picking her up because the father was beating her and getting yelled at because Kureha was now 'spoiled goods' didn't help. Her reason for becoming friends with Mashiro in the first place was specifically because of how he was half boy/halfgirl.]] [[CharacterDevelopment She does eventually get along with some guys]].
**What's screwed up about the premise here is that the main character's hermaphroditism is described as 'lower half female, upper half male,' which since the top halves of children's bodies betray nothing of their sex means he should have been taken for a normal girl until puberty. But he was raised as a boy instead. Bizarre.
*** This is explained in the last volume: [[spoiler: All the characters are really souls waiting to be born. Mashiro is actually a pair of male and female twins, competing to determine which of them will survive birth.]]
* In the ''Manga/{{Mai-Otome}}'' manga, Erstin Ho gets severe panic attacks around men, partially because she's also [[SchoolgirlLesbians madly in love with fellow classmate Nina Wang]]. [[HilarityEnsues Awkward situations abound]] when the princess they've been designated to help protect (and who shares a dorm room with them) [[WholesomeCrossdresser is actually a boy in disguise]].
* Kira of the series ''Mars'' has this reputation at school and at one point even states outright that she hates men due to [[spoiler: being raped by her stepfather.]]
* Usio of Shinshi Doumei Cross.
* Azuma Hazuki of {{Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito}} doesn't seem to like ''anyone'' very much (except Hatsumi, whom she melts into a shivering puddle of yuri around), but it can be inferred she has a particular distate for men. On the other hand, when the only men you interact with are a perverted cockatiel, a dimension-warping madman, a few assorted spies, a demonic ninja, and someone ''trying to steal your love interest,'' that's no real surprise.

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[[folder: Comic Books ]]

*Man Killer from the MarvelUniverse. Has no problems working with men who don't lie to her, but she still doesn't ''like'' them.
* ''YTheLastMan''. Victoria, leader of the Daughters of the Amazon, is an unsympathetic version of this trope, presumably because she is 'balanced' by every other female character (as just about every man on Earth has died, that's a lot of characters).
* This is the general attitude of the inhabitants of the alternate reality Femizonia in the MarvelUniverse.
* Katchoo in ''StrangersInParadise''. Since she is also a lesbian this leads her to be described as a rampant StrawFeminist and bull dyke by unsympathetic characters.
* Marv in SinCity: "Lucille's a dyke, but god knows why. [[CompletelyMissingThePoint With that body, she could have any man she wants.]]"

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[[folder: Literature ]]

* Dilara in ''TheAssassinsOfTamurin'', due to being abused by the son of the foster family she lived with before being taken in by Makina Seval. The Despotana eventually uses this to manipulate her into "willingly" joining her AmazonBrigade at Three Springs.
* Miss Havisham from ''GreatExpectations''. After getting jilted at the altar by a conman, she spent the rest of her life in her wedding dress (to remind her of what had happened) training her adopted daughter Estelle to hate men as well, inititially to protect her from them, but subsequently with the intent of using her to [[FemmeFatale break men's hearts]] as revenge. Which is where Pip comes in...
* The first Red Adept of the ApprenticeAdept series. Stile uses this to trigger a VillainousBreakdown .
** Red was [[UnfortunateImplications so widely misconstrued]] as a [[PsychoLesbian bad lesbian stereotype]] that Piers Anthony deliberately introduced a sympathetic lesbian character in a later volume. Which, in turn, made it look like he was just covering his ass.
*** Since when does PiersAnthony need to cover his ass? Most of his readers know to give him the benefit of the doubt (or [[RunningTheAsylum correct him]]) when he shows his CloudCuckooLander side.
* In ''TheWheelOfTime'', the Red Ajah, a group within the most prominent society of female magic-users (channelers) in the setting, views it as its mission to locate and "sever" male channelers from their abilities, since using them causes [[spoiler:or caused, rather]] said men to go insane, thanks to the BigBad. However, most of the women in that Ajah seem to have extended this to massive antipathy toward all men, far above and beyond the "battle of the sexes" business that permeates the setting.

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[[folder: Live Action TV ]]

* Dr. Luisa Mercedes "Lu" Delgado from ''StrongMedicine''. She often treats the men in her life (no matter if they're her love interests or not) ''real'' bad whether they're jerks or not, and that turns even worse after [[RapeAsDrama she's raped by a colleague]] and becomes a borderline StrawFeminist.
* Emma Kennedy, Stacie's JonasQuinn in season 5 of ''{{Hustle}}'', tells Mickey she doesn't date, due to some bad experiences with men. Which doesn't stop there being a WillTheyOrWontThey ''by the end of that episode''.

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[[folder: Theater ]]

* Beatrice and Katherine, in ''MuchAdoAboutNothing'' and ''TheTamingOfTheShrew'' respectively, are notorious man-haters. Although Beatrice is not so much a "Man Hater" as a "Benedick Hater."
** Katherine, the titular shrew in {{Shakespeare}}'s ''Taming of the Shrew'' (and Kat in its update, ''10 Things I Hate About You'') is sharp-tongued, bad-tempered, and bitchy to pretty much everyone, until she is tamed by Petruchio (and his counterpart, Patrick Verona).
*** In ''Kiss Me Kate'', the character even gets a musical number called "I Hate Men".

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[[folder: Video Games ]]

* In ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]'', Shar-Teel is one of the [=NPCs=] you can get on your team--but if you, the protagonist, are male, she insists on fighting a male from your party in combat and will only join if he defeats her. She had a horrible childhood, including slavery and rape, as noted by her backstory--but on the other hand, the game makes no bones about it and describes her attitude as ChaoticEvil.
* In ''[[TheElderScrolls Morrowind]]'', there's a female mage lord who is described as disliking men, though nobody knows why. She rules over an all female town, and if you're playing as a male, it's harder to get her cooperation for the game's main quest. If you're male, [[spoiler:you have to hurl yourself on the ground and beg, or just kill her]]; if you're female, she immediately agrees to help you, makes approving comments about the [[TheChosenOne Nerevarine]] being a woman and gives you some powerful summoning scrolls.
* Dallas Wyatt from ''ValkyriaChronicles'' developed androphobia as a result of growing up attending an all-girls school before joining Gallia's Squad 7 as an engineer. This translates to a fighting penalty in-game (in the form of the "Man Hater" trait), where her stats will go ''way'' down when paired up with male squadmates. Conversely, she has [[SchoolgirlLesbians a strong attraction to girls]] (especially heroine Alicia Melchiott), so pairing Dallas with female soldiers will cause her to start fighting better in order to impress them.
* The first official English ''FireEmblem'' game had Florina, the [[TheWoobie adorable]] Pegasus Knight who is incredibly [[ShrinkingViolet shy]] around men. TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot in regards to [[ChivalrousPervert Sain's]] advances on her.
* It's not that [[FateStayNight Saber]] doesn't like men. It's just that as far as she's concerned, she's also basically a guy. [[CaptainObvious And she can't be a male lesbian!]]

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[[folder: Webcomics ]]

* Near the beginning of ''[[http://www.avalonhigh.com Avalon]]'', Joe tells Ceilidh that the unashamedly misandric Phoebe "really hates guys." Ceilidh shrugs this off until he follows up that she "[[SchoolgirlLesbians really likes girls]]," which sets off an "[[MistakenForGay is she or isn't she]]" subplot that lasts throughout. ([[spoiler:Not only is she, she's the one who gets Ceilidh.]])
* Susan from ''{{El Goonish Shive}},'' after Susan found out that her father had an affair and her mother justified it to her by claiming that men "can't help themselves". She eventually [[CharacterDevelopment got over it]] after spending some time as a guy via GenderBender.
** Her mother also has it bad, and her ongoing attitude toward men probably further fueld Susan's feelings on the subject. In one comic, she considers men being attracted to other men absurd, and hopes that her daughter will become homosexual herself in the same breath. This trope is really the only explanation for that.
* One of the initial defining traits of Kate on ''{{Misfile}}'' is that she can't stand to have any guy claim to be the best on any track she races. She's raced and beat every man to make such a claim ever since her sister was killed in a racing accident caused by chavanistic male drivers.
* In ''SluggyFreelance'', Gwynn tends to be like this. She's turned the GroinAttack into an art form and puts jerk guys into headlocks as a conditioned response. In fact, this trope is the one thing both [[GoodAngelBadAngel her good side and her evil side]] can agree on.
* Yuki appears to be like this in ''MenageA3''. Admittedly she has some good reason to dislike Gary personally, but even before he got handcuffed to her she responded with attempted violence to something he was doing which was technically her fault. (She had knocked him to the floor and accidentally ended up straddling his head, and her response was to accuse him of "violating me with his nasty nasal boy parts".)
* Lisa Vangough of ''VenusEnvy''. "I don't understand. Violence against men ALWAYS cheers me up!"
* [[StrawFeminist Uranus]] (or 'Ana' for short) from ''{{Star Guys}}''.

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[[folder: Western Animation ]]

* Mrs. Janet Barch in ''{{Daria}}'' hated all men due to her ''horrible'' former marriage and ensuing divorce. She eventually ends up involved with Mr. Tim O'Neill, a male teacher who is [[HippieTeacher shy, feminine, and sensitive]].
* Numbuh 86 from ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' absolutely hates boys. Apparently she thinks that girls are much smarter than them, to the point that her favourite member of the Decomissioning Squad is Numbuh 91, because she's female.
** As time goes on, she seems to lessen this and is generally a bitch to both boys and girls equally.

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[[folder: Web Original ]]

*''SurvivalOfTheFittest'''s answer to this trope is Melina Frost. Heck, she founds a group with the sole objective of wiping out the male competition on the island. The portrayal isn't at all sympathetic: she comes across as a raging, psychopathic misandrist. It's worth noting that some believe she is a {{Flanderization}} of her handler, who while sane and not at all violent appears to be equally misandristic, talking to the male members of the board as if they were dogs at the very least.

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[[folder: Real Life ]]

* TruthInTelevision: I'm sure we've all run into at least one woman who's gotten disillusioned with men due to one too many bad experiences with them.
** So what do you call a MAN who's this way towards men for the same reasons?
*** Well, the general perception is that if a woman swears off man forever it means that she's a strong, independant woman. If on the other hand a man swears off women for the same reason it means that either he's really a closeted homosexual, or he's just a crybaby who doesn't know how to deal with women.
**** Yes, but the question above was about a man who's this way towards OTHER MEN.
* Or a lesbian who dislikes male companionship.
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