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a pet peeve i've developed while reading criticism of this poem (and something i first encountered in the introduction to this edition) is a tendency of male chaucerians to use the term "antifeminism/antifeminist" instead of misogyny/misogynistic. its so weird and anachronistic it just pisses me off for no reason. it might be an 80s thing but it feels wrong to characterise a pre-feminism text as antifeminist?! anyway
— Oct 28, 2025 02:17AM
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Oct 28, 2025 03:31AM
When they themselves are antifeminist misogynists I feel it's a way for them to distance themselves from the idea of bigotry by claiming they don't hate women per se, just a political movement (that represents women's rights and political aspirations). Sooo
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beth wrote: "When they themselves are antifeminist misogynists I feel it's a way for them to distance themselves from the idea of bigotry by claiming they don't hate women per se, just a political movement (tha..."realll - if they say a text is antifeminist then they can characterise the way it treats women as something that is only visible through the lens of a post-19th century political movement, rather than a bigotry that is evident throughout thousands of years of literary history... calling something misogynistic requires implicitly admitting that misogyny is baked into the literary canon itself lol
