For anyone who has been living under a rock the past few decades; "misandry" is a derogatory word used against women who do not pay deference to male people that society thinks they should. The word was used against Andrea Dworkin in character assassination for writing about the complexities of heterosexuality outside of the boundaries set by men - and without apologizing for it. They labeled her a man hater, a misandrist. They labeled her "sex negative" without ever bothering to read or understand the points she was trying to make (just like some of my own critics). "Misandrist" is the go-to word for antifeminists, misogynists, MRAs, or anyone else who can find no other response to a woman's opinion other than slapping a label on her in an attempt to shame her for showing the slightest bit of personal resolve to be treated like a human being and not a piece of meat.

"Misandrist" is a word very much like the B-word, the C-word, the W-word, the S-word, and other female-specific derogatory terms that are meant to remind a female person of exactly what her place in society is (under a man). "Misandrist," though, is a word that implies political legitimacy to the idea that female people are obligated to positive emotional investment in male people as a whole; and anything outside of that is the exact opposite or "hating men." This loyalty-oath approach is designed to keep women from analyzing and communicating about the power imbalance between the sexes, and how it presents itself on an institutional level.