Joe asks:
>is a painting that exhibits misogyny for the viewer's
>inspection necessarily misogynist?
No - I saw Tennessee Williams once described as "sexist", which is a
laugh, by a critic making precisely that mistake. Nor is misogyny
necessarily a flag of bad art. Unfortunately; life would be much
simpler if it were. Strindberg, for example - Though I'd go so far to
say that in works where it's paramount, even the most gifted artist
becomes lesser, their perception clouding. Sheer misanthropy has the
virtue of being evenhanded in its approach - and who said artists had to
be _nice_ people?
What about misandry?
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