Post #1236405
2026-04-11 19:03 UTC
We often say the misogyny a woman absorbs from the world around her is "internalised misogyny", because it harms her first and foremost.
I'm going to court controversy and argue that all misogyny hurts oneself first and foremost.
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Replies (4)
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@Tattie@eldritch.cafe 2026-04-11 19:04
Male, female, or non-binary, cis or trans, the first harm of misogyny is to limit what you yourself can be. The first shaming is always of yourself, before you turn it on others. 13/
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@mk30@tilde.zone 2026-04-11 19:10
@Tattie hear hear!
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@rpbook@gts.phillipsuk.org 2026-04-12 09:01
@Tattie I'd never thought of it this way before, but you're absolutely right.
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@courtcan@mastodon.social 2026-04-12 16:46
@Tattie Yes. This. I wish more of us understood this truth. I wish that I myself remembered it more consistently and allowed it to increase my empathy toward those who practice misogyny as if by rote.