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JessicaLeigh	Feb 27 2013, 05:55 AM
Posts: 1,488 Group: Elite Member Member #12,441 Joined: August 31, 2012 Favorite Current Daytime Soap Opera Days of our Lives, General Hospital Favorite Soap Opera of All Time Days of our Lives Favorite Current Primetime Soap Opera Is Homeland a soap? It kind of feels like one.	DesignatedShelley Feb 26 2013, 03:22 PM I think sexist might be a better word for Victor than misogynist, but then I don't care about semantics debates and if someone wanted to argue that slut-shaming is inherently misogynistic I wouldn't argue (you're still holding women hostage to a certain standard of sexual expression blah blah blah). And I don't think that you can use sexist/misogynistic insults but get off the hook for not really meaning it; if you don't mean it in a sexist/misogynistic way, then use an ungendered/asexual insult instead. Agree with all of this. The meanings of the terms aren't exactly the same and 'casually sexist' is probably a better description of Victor. I got curious after reading your post and randomly typed 'sexist vs misogynist' into Google and came up with an article discussing the differences. I tend to agree with someone who was quoted for it: "While sexism demonstrates a disregard and disrespect for women, I always have associated misogyny with something darker, angrier, and more cynical." Though Victor's hurled some pretty biting gender-based insults, somehow it wouldn't surprise me if the character were surprised/bemused to find himself accused of misogyny (which is not to excuse any of the more vile things he says).


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