Does he have misogynistic tendencies?

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I wonder if you can help me. I know a man who I think is wonderful in every way except I have a fear that he may have some misogynistic views. He doesn't say anything outright exactly but there are some red flags. For example, when he swears he occasionally uses the words wh*re and b!tch which none of my male friends would ever do. He has commented on a woman's outfit (to me) and said it was inappropriate. To be fair it was but still.

We have great chats and I'm looking for some ideas of topics that might help me get to the bottom of this. For example I thought about asking him his views on whether a woman's sexual past should be looked at in rape cases. Can you think of other questions that will help me find out if he's a misogynist? He's intelligent and will be guarded so the questions need to be relatively subtle. Thanks.

I'm not sure of that without seeing the statistics, but it's defo not deemed acceptable for a man to slap a woman around the face even though the likelihood of causing serious injury is low.

ScottCheggJnr I hate face slapping and I hate the idea that it's acceptable for a woman to do to a man. However I think it's a bit of a trope. I don't know that it happens all that often; I imagine young men nowadays would hit a woman back if they got slapped for a crude pass at a woman in a pub/club. The idea that men are always gentlemanly and if they aren't it's ok to do something as demeaning as to slap them across the face doesn't make a lot of logical sense, because the ungentlemanly ones are the men who'd happily hit a woman anyway.
I have only met one woman who admitted to slapping a man and that was because he grabbed her crotch in a bar without warning. Most women don't dare initiate violence like that with a man because of the risk of coming off worse.
Perhaps in DV situations where the female has been abusive, it might happen. I know they exist, I lost a male relative this way.

I was slapped a few years ago by a random drunk woman after she accidentally spilled her drink over my girlfriend and didn't apologise - I had made a comment about her not handling her drink or suchlike. Bouncer didn't even kick her out, just came over to see what was happening.

But appreciate it's likely becoming less socially acceptable than it once was.