Miso is from the Greek : hatred. Gyne : woman. Female Misognists: Women who hate, dislike or distrust other women.
There are five attitudes and behaviors I wish to address in this thread that raises the question of whether or not women are showing dislike for or distrust of or simple will full misunderstanding of one another in the Cuddle experience. I've intentionally put them in the form of questions. It's not a judgement. It's a call to evaluate.
1.Do we always expect women to be nice and pleasant towards us in their interactions with us?
2. Do we reach out more to men than we do women?
3.Do we ignore and/ or are antagonistic toward a new woman in the community?
4.Do we tolerate flirtatious, playful self deprecating behaviors in men that we would never tolerate in a woman?
5. Do we tend to be more supportive of men when they bare their soul and turn our noses up at a woman for doing the same thing?
If we answered honestly we may very well be practicing misogyny towards each other and not know it. In the same way some of us practice misandry toward men. That's for another thread. I'm highly self critical and self judgemental. I do that to myself every day. And I think I'm at times just as highly critical of fellow women. Not necessarily intentionally. But by my own go to default of myself. That can sometimes make me distrustful of women. And if I'm doing that, I believe if I were to be honest with myself I'll be answering yes to at least one or some of those questions above. In the age of social media and the unique universe of cuddling in an environment where we are outnumbered by men, I thought it might be useful for one to look within at our own attitudes and behaviors towards one another and ourselves as women. Especially since this is an accusation we often throw at our men.