Misogynoir

Quick meaning: Misogynoir is a noun meaning (neologism) Contempt for, hatred of, or prejudice against black women.

Meaning

(neologism) Contempt for, hatred of, or prejudice against black women.

Example Sentences

[A] Black woman as the arbiter of racialized sexism against a young Black girl is an example of misogynoir.

To me, his words seemed a form of “misogynoir” – discrimination prejudice, and violence aimed specifically at women of colour.

Unfortunately, the idealization of white women is most often paired with the condemnation of black women, creating the intersectional problem of misogynoir: the combined racism and sexism black women face.

Hip-hop feminist studies continues to tackle black sexual politics by discussing and challenging the persistence and prevalence of hip-hop "misogynoir" (the hatred of black women and girls), respectability politics, and compulsory heterosexuality within the music and the culture at large.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transmisogynoir, misogynism, misogyny, mysogynism, misogynist, mysogynist.

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