Men who believe they aren't misogynists because "I love women"

Hmmm, I'm not totally convinced.

I've met plenty of the misogynist type, who either don't acknowledge what they actually are or are seeking to diminish or deny it to themselves.

I've also met plenty of men who genuinely do love women but also occasionally do or say sexist things (mostly unwittingly - eg buying pink "because it's a girl", asking what little sister is going to do while the boys are off playing football etc) who would vehemently reject the misogynist label, probably correctly

It's along the same lines as "I can't be racist, some of my best friends are black", isn't it?

No, I think it is different. The man who claims to "love women" want to use women sexually. They love women like women love chocolate - for consumption.

The equivalent, I suppose, would be a factory owner who says he's not a racist, because all his underpaid employees are black and he just loves how hard they work for him.

I have also met men who said "I can't be misogynist, some of my best friends are women", and yeah, that's probably equivalent to the "black friends" thing.

Bullshit, all of it.

I never trust a man who claims to "love women". They usually mean "I want to fuck women" and not "I prioritize women emotionally and financially because I realize that patriarchy is shit and I should balance that out", or whatever else female feminists tend to mean by stating that they love women.

It's along the same lines as "I can't be racist, some of my best friends are black", isn't it?