Misogynization. How Men become Antifeminists.

Most heterosexual men try to find a woman for a romantic relationship at some point in their lives. So you could say that most men love women. How is it, then, that some men develop negative feelings towards women and negative attitudes towards gender equality?In this Ebook, peace researcher Franz Jedlicka poses this question primarily to men, encouraging them to examine their own biographies more closely. He describes the process of "misogynization" as a series of negative experiences in the lives of individual men, which these men then generalize and project onto all women. Even social-psychological factors unrelated to gender relations can fuel misogyny and antifeminism, for example loneliness. Jedlicka knows from his previous research that gender equality is one of the most important factors for peace: the greater it is, the more peaceful a country is. This is his primary motivation for this essay, in which he also proposes ways in which men and women can resume dialogue on feminism during controversies.