Misogyny's Sister

February, 1993

If you are an American male, chances are you have been called a misogynist at one time or another in your life.The charge of misogyny has been around for years now, and it is never a comfortable one to have thrown at you. How do you defend against it? And what can you say to those who so self-righteously stick it to you?The first time the accusation of misogyny popped up in my life was in 1969, when Playboy published a short story of mine. I was proud of my publishing luck, and I took a friend o...