Compare And Contrast Misogyny And Transphobia

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Misogyny vs. Transphobia
There are several words that baffle me because I don’t understand why they even need to exist. Two words I don’t believe should exist are “misogyny” and “transphobia”. These two words only serve a sole purpose of hatred towards certain people. Anyone that is associated with either of these words lessens the chances of having acceptance of gender and sexuality. They bring society even further from being able to truly grant freedom to choose or respect genders and sexuality.
The word “misogyny” originates from Mid-17th Century Greek. Misos translates to ‘hatred’ and gunē. Therefore, misogyny can simply translate to being the hatred of women. Paul Elam seems to show a decent amount of misogyny. For instance, Elam goes out of his way to attack women and claims that they are actually “begging” or even “demanding” to be raped. He expresses these absurd comments in the belief that women put themselves in situations to where they deserve to be rapped. I strongly disagree with his claims and I believe that women are not asking to be raped. His statements are fueled purely by his misogynic filled opinions and disrespect for women.
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According to our slides, both of these words are “…based in the myth of two-and-two-only genders” (Chapters 9&10, Slide 8). I don’t think that we should turn our noses up at certain genders or based on someone’s sexuality. These are frugal aspects that should just be accepted rather than judged. We, as a human race, just need to accept that not everyone will fit the social norm every time. There are going to be several people who will flee from anything considered “normal”. On top of all of this, it is 2016 we should not still be putting men above women. Women have equal rights to men and if we are to stumble into an undesirable situation, we should not feel like we “deserved” or “had it

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