She's Unlikeable Quotes

“In a simple Q&A format interview in Vox, Sean Illing asks Kate Manne, a Cornell philosophy professor, about the difference between sexism and misogyny. She breaks it down into their easily digestible connection and functions. Manne says, “Misogyny is not about male hostility or hatred toward women—instead, it’s about controlling and punishing women who challenge male dominance. Misogyny rewards women who reinforce the status quo and punishes those who don’t.” She goes on to clarify, “I think most misogynistic behavior is about hostility toward women who violate patriarchal norms and expectations, who aren’t serving male interests in the ways they’re expected to. So there’s this sense that women are doing something wrong: that they’re morally objectionable or have a bad attitude or they’re abrasive or shrill or too pushy. But women only appear that way because we expect them to be otherwise, to be passive.” Sexism, according to Manne, is the “patriarchal social structures, [and] bastions of male privilege where a dominant man might feel entitled to (and often receive) feminine care and attention from women.” So in essence, “Sexism is the ideology that supports patriarchal social relations, but misogyny enforces it when there’s a threat of that system going away.”
― Aparna Shewakramani, SHE'S UNLIKEABLE: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down

“In a simple Q&A format interview in Vox, Sean Illing asks Kate Manne, a Cornell philosophy professor, about the difference between sexism and misogyny. She breaks it down into their easily digestible connection and functions. Manne says, “Misogyny is not about male hostility or hatred toward women—instead, it’s about controlling and punishing women who challenge male dominance. Misogyny rewards women who reinforce the status quo and punishes those who don’t.” She goes on to clarify, “I think most misogynistic behavior is about hostility toward women who violate patriarchal norms and expectations, who aren’t serving male interests in the ways they’re expected to. So there’s this sense that women are doing something wrong: that they’re morally objectionable or have a bad attitude or they’re abrasive or shrill or too pushy. But women only appear that way because we expect them to be otherwise, to be passive.” Sexism, according to Manne, is the “patriarchal social structures, [and] bastions of male privilege where a dominant man might feel entitled to (and often receive) feminine care and attention from women.” So in essence, “Sexism is the ideology that supports patriarchal social relations, but misogyny enforces it when there’s a threat of that system going away.” I”
― Aparna Shewakramani, SHE'S UNLIKEABLE: And Other Lies That Bring Women Down