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[–]Zednix 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

May I ask you to define what you felt or thought as internalized misogyny? I've seen that term bandied about before but struggle to understand and see it as more than nonsense.

[–]slushpilot 24 insightful - 2 fun24 insightful - 1 fun25 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You can loosely translate it as self-loathing or a lack of respect for yourself. Often by starting to believe in what you think men want from you, and shaping yourself into that self-image for the sake of men—or else the other extreme of denying your own womanhood because of what it entails.