Misandry VS Misogyny VS Misanthropy

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Misandrist: A woman or man who hates or is prejudiced against men.
Misogynist: A woman or man who hates or is prejudiced against women. This is a different term, as it describes hating women, not men.
Misanthrope: A person who dislikes or hates all people in general.

First, my views on Misandry. Misandry is the hatred of or prejudice against men or boys; technically, it can be directed at a man or a woman. Men's rights activists (MRAs) and other masculinist groups have characterized modern laws concerning divorce, domestic violence, conscription, and circumcision (known as male genital mutilation by opponents). In addition, they consider the treatment of male rape victims as an example of institutional misandry. However, in virtually all societies, misandry lacks institutional and systemic support comparable to misogyny, the hatred of women.

Okay, so what's everyone's view? Not in the sense of what is or isn't in the real world, but how you'd use these in a story?

I'm tinkering around with the idea of a serial killer who hates men and boys and kills them. More specifically, a salt-and-pepper detective team is investigating the serial killer. They are also a man-and-woman team. Both have ideas about the sex and reason behind the murders, divided on the sex and race of the killer. The black woman agent believes it's a white man because the victims are white. The white man thinks the killer is a black woman. The black woman is a Misandrist and the white man is a Misanthrope, hating everyone on Earth.
 
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An honest clarification question. Is it the case that misandrists have to be women but misogynists can be either gender. I'm surprised by that dichotomy. What would a man who hates men (but not women) be called?

The story sounds like it could be great. So is the serial killer kind of a black widow type. (I'm assuming a she from your intro.)

Is this completely told from the detectives POV or do you see it from both? For both, I'm almost thinking about much of the movie Species. Obviously very different motivations, murders.
 
Misandry doesn’t exist. MRA groups are fucking trash. Also, there are more than two sexes and there are more than two genders.
 
No, both can have both sexes in their respective groups.

I haven't finished the brain dump, much less started on my outline. I'm jotting right now, as in jotting down ideas for the story.
An honest clarification question. Is it the case that misandrists have to be women but misogynists can be either gender. I'm surprised by that dichotomy. What would a man who hates men (but not women) be called?

The story sounds like it could be great. So is the serial killer kind of a black widow type. (I'm assuming a she from your intro.)

Is this completely told from the detectives POV or do you see it from both? For both, I'm almost thinking about much of the movie Species. Obviously very different motivations, murders.
 
I thought misanthropes were people who are unable to feel pleasure in life, who are always negative no matter what the situation, rather than a dislike of people in general.
 
Misandry certainly exists, but not as a system of government. Misogyny is baked into many religions, and has historically been reflected in political matters; e.g. no suffrage for women.

If we apply the disparate impact standard which is used to identify discrimination in other cases, there absolutely is misandry as a system of government.
 
I thought misanthropes were people who are unable to feel pleasure in life, who are always negative no matter what the situation, rather than a dislike of people in general.
Misanthropy is traditionally defined as hatred or dislike of humankind. The word originated in the 17th century and has its roots in the Greek words μῖσος mīsos 'hatred' and ἄνθρωπος ānthropos 'man, human'.

Wikipedia
 
I'm tinkering around with the idea of a serial killer who hates men and boys and kills them. More specifically, a salt-and-pepper detective team is investigating the serial killer. They are also a man-and-woman team. Both have ideas about the sex and reason behind the murders, divided on the sex and race of the killer. The black woman agent believes it's a white man because the victims are white. The white man thinks the killer is a black woman. The black woman is a Misandrist and the white man is a Misanthrope, hating everyone on Earth.
Wayne Williams? John Wayne Gacy?
 
When I read The Untouchables, by Elliot Ness and Oscar Fraley, I learned that the Mafia and the lesser gangs would stuff a man's genitalia in their mouth, cut off either before or after they killed them. That was to show they'd disrespected a man above them, you know, by fucking their wives. I've been thinking it would be a nice signature for my killer to use.
 
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