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Why do misogynists hate single and childfree women so much?

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OnedayTwodays · 05/09/2023 19:16

And I could add women who don’t look/dress to the male gaze into this too.

I realize they don’t like women who don’t fall in line, but the sheer amount of time these people (men AND women) seem to dedicate to hate on this, still pretty small group of women is crazy.
And single/childfree men don’t have to deal with this shit.

It’s just so crazy me, and they really do come off as miserable people. Always wishing misery on people who made different choices in their OWN lives.

OP posts:
Thepeopleversuswork · 05/09/2023 19:21

You’ve answered your own question. Women who don’t want or need men are threatening to men (because they want nothing from men and thus can’t be controlled by them.)

They are also treated with suspicion by a lot of women who do need men, because their lives remind them that they are compromising. And because there’s still a surround sound that tells women that a man is what they need to complete them so they don’t understand it.

OutsideLookingOut · 05/09/2023 19:22

Easy, you want most what you can’t have.
Throughout history especially in books and films we were sold a lie that most women wanted and needed romantic relationships more than men. It isn’t true. More men are unhappy being single so it was projecting all along. Not that there are no unhappy lonely single women because there are .

Knowing women can be perfectly happy without men even if they are un-feminine is scary to some people (men and women).

Toloveandtowork · 05/09/2023 19:27

It's about control and a sense of entitlement to have a woman to validate their manhood and mother them.
They definitely need us more than we need them

Vikingess · 06/09/2023 16:22

Because they are jealous?

MyCosyDuck · 17/04/2024 13:50

As someone else pointed out above some people never get past the "wanting what they can't have" stage. In theory, your parents should ecucate you and teach you emotional maturity and how to deal with jealousy like that when you're a toddler, but too many don't and here we are.

Such men also despise lesbians because those relationships show a happy loving relationship can exist without the need for a man at all, and little boys like that absolutely despise that.

Anycrispsleft · 17/04/2024 13:55

You say that as if they were nice to mothers OP. They're not, believe me. When my kids were babies one of the most striking things about my first day's and weeks out with them is how fucking horrible some men would be. When you have a child they know you're going to run away rather than retaliate so all the bad feelings they have about women who won't have sex with them (let's face it, the overwhelming majority) are safe to express.

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