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Some girls act like guys. Some go as far as being almost considered guys. Most of them are portrayed as feminists (often the straw kind), but then there are these. They will call people "girl" and "sissy" as insults. They think that women should Stay in the Kitchen, and they're against all kinds of women's rights. They're Female Misogynists. People will remind them that they're girls themselves, but they will deny it - or consider themselves a "honorary dude". Another variation is the extremely conservative housewife, who thinks that women are inferior to men.

Subtrope of Boomerang Bigot. A variant of Internalized Categorism. Compare/contrast with Effeminate Misogynistic Guy, except that the contradiction is much more direct.

Please refrain from adding Real Life or Truth in Television examples in this page, as real people are not crafted for a specific purpose. Needless to say, MANY women like these DO exist (there's a reason why the "I'm not like the other girls ~" meme exists), but it's not wise to start discussions on it.


Examples of Female Misogynist include:


Anime and Manga[]

  • In Genkaku Picasso, one of the girls in Hikari's class idealizes yaoi relationships (explicitly because they are relationships without women) because she was cruelly bullied by her female classmates in grade school for being seen as a slut.
  • In the Korean comic Boy Of The Female Wolf the cross-dressing (staight) female protagonist dislikes females because her mom left her when she remarried and her female classmates are shallow airheads. The only woman she sort-of respected was her grandma, and she "left" her by dying, forcing her to move in with her mom.
  • In the Fruits Basket manga and second series Akito Sohma depises women, and says they are 'sneaky' and 'take men away'. This is because she was raised as a man by her extremely abusive mother, who was this as well and poisoned her own daughter with her hate and jealousy. Ironically, the person who manages to reach for Akito and redeem her is Tohru, a very sweet and girly Yamato Nadeshiko.
  • Hys in GoLion and her Voltron counterpart Nanny believe only men can and should pilot the Voltron Lions. Though this isn't the only reason she forbids Fala/Allura from flying, since they're legitimately concerned for her safety.
  • In Uchuu Kaizoku Sara, a group of noblewomen have no problem participating in the sexual humiliation of the two female leads. When Sara points it out, they point out that they are just toys.

Comic Books[]

  • In Powers, Walker asks his partner, Deena, whether she hates other policewomen. She disagrees and says she just doesn't like other women, period.

Fan Fiction[]

Film[]

  • The film Courage Under Fire Colonel Nat Serling is investigating whether helicopter pilot Captain Emma Walden deserves the Medal of Honor for her actions in the 1st Gulf War. When he interviews the members of Walden's crew, the wife of one crew member repeatedly insults Walden, making comments about her being "too butch", taking them into danger because she needed to be a hero, and starts to make a comment about "those women who want to be officers..." before her husband cuts her off, tells her to shut up and that she doesn't know what she's talking about.

Literature[]

  • In Nineteen Eighty-Four, Julia says that she hates women, because under the Party's rule they've pretty much all been brainwashed into being obedient, submissive idiots.
  • Jane Rizzoli of the "Rizzoli" series, who tends to have an unhealthy contempt for any woman who happens to be beautiful, or dares to display a hint of weakness, fear, or any other typical female trait. Yet she's just as contemptuous of women who refuse to show any vulnerability--apparently it's only acceptable for her to act this way.
    • This character trait was tossed for the TV series Rizzoli and Isles. Not surprising, given that Rizzoli is played by the gorgeous Angie Harmon.
  • Katniss Evergreen from The Hunger Games is a younger version, due to her huge "I'm Not Like The Other Girls" attitude.
  • Phoebe, one of the three heroines in The Pros of Cons, is this trope all the way for most of the book until she's called out on it and spends the remainder of her story trying to correct her behavior and change her attitude.
  • Megan McCaffery in the Lurlene McDaniel book Mother, Please Don't Die. She's a sporty tomboy who constantly fights with her girly sister Audrey and mocks her for wanting to be married and taken care of, puts down anything even remotely feminine as stupid and a waste of time, and her POV regarding the prettiest and most popular girl in her class is negative and unflattering, even when Becky is at worst a bit of an airhead. (Of course, it turns out she's just angrily jealous that her best male friend has a crush on another girl and kissed her.)

Live Action TV[]

  • In Royal Pains, Emily Peck accuses Divya of being "one of those women who doesn't like other women". Divya is disturbed by this, but eventually concludes that actually, "I'm one of those women who doesn't like you."
  • In Rumpole of the Bailey, during one of his complaints about the various unreasonable judges he has to work with, Rumpole singles out a female judge as a worse male chauvinist than any of the men.
  • The UnSub in Criminal Minds episode "The Perfect Storm".
  • Janice Lester in the infamous episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, "Turnabout Intruder".
  • Alice Cooper dabbled in this in the first season of Riverdale.

Western Animation[]

  • In one episode of The Simpsons, Lisa tries to get a doctor outfit for her stuffed dolphin, then a professor, then a chef, then a CEO. The saleslady keeps shooting her down by shoving the outfits for nurse, kindergarten teacher, lunchlady, and secretary at her until Lisa lies that her dolphin is a boy.
    • Depending on the Writer, Marge can easily be written as one to advance the plot. Helen Lovejoy is a much more consistent example.
  • Louise Belcher is initially one of these in Bob's Burgers, though this can be chalked up to immaturity rather than malice. (She is only nine.) Her brother Gene may be a gender inversion; in one episode he watches two boys wrestle and comments on how this is why he's only friends with women, and many times he's considered himself "one of the girls." Though he's not too adverse to hanging around with other boys.
  • Downplayed for Nifty in Hazbin Hotel but she does have a lot of Stay in the Kitchen moments, thinking that she should be only a maid. Justified as she died in the 1950s, a time when such attitudes were quite prevalent.
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