Sexism: Difference between revisions

Some misogyny ends up doing harm even to people who don't identify as women or who are not assigned female at birth, because others see them as being like women in some way. This can happen to [[Gender nonconformity|gender nonconforming]] cisgender men. When misogyny is used against someone who doesn't identify as a woman or who is not [[AFAB]], then that is called misdirected misogyny. For example, if a cisgender man, or non woman-aligned [[AMAB]] nonbinary person gets mistaken for a woman, then that person may be subjected to harassment as if they were a woman.  

If someone identifies as a trans woman or transfeminine, then misogyny directed against them can be considered trans-misogyny, but not misdirected misogyny. Misdirected misogyny is the word for misogyny experienced by people who aren't woman-identified or AFAB, whereas trans women are women.