# Is "our psychology misandry"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 29, 2024, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-our-psychology-misandry/1010955 "2024-11-29T23:12:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 9
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2024, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-our-psychology-misandry/1010955/9 "2024-11-30T02:25:50Z")
> [@Is Trans fear driven by a fear of being deceived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trans-fear-driven-by-a-fear-of-being-deceived/1010837/58): > > much of our psychology is misandry It’s what, now? > [@Is Trans fear driven by a fear of being deceived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trans-fear-driven-by-a-fear-of-being-deceived/1010837/58): > > devaluing men is a huge part of the “patriarchy.” If that statement is true, the past many thousands of years of history is hiding the truth from us. The statement does not gain more than an ounce of truth if the intended word was “matriarchy.” Some loud voices have uttered sentiments than might be interpreted this way, but they no more represent standard thought or reality than any other set of loud voices one might encounter online. > [@Is Trans fear driven by a fear of being deceived?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trans-fear-driven-by-a-fear-of-being-deceived/1010837/58): > > Like abortion and existential feminism, these are all problems that are fueled by deeper issues that we don’t want to talk about yet. Why are these linked? Probably because Simone de Beauvoir first described the philosophy in _The Second Sex_. And she was a prominent advocate for a woman’s right to abortion. > **[Simone de Beauvoir’s Existential Feminism | The Cultural Me](https://thecultural.me/simone-de-beauvoirs-existential-feminism-922597)** > > On 5 April 1971, the writer and philosopher Simone de Beauvoir, along with 343 other prominent women, publicly declared that she had had an abortion. At the time abortion was illegal in France and was punishable by up to five years imprisonment. By... --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-our-psychology-misandry/1010955)._