Misandry and Men’s Equity in Selected Novels by Female Authors

Authors

Omar Abbas Sallal, University of Baghdad/College of Education, Ibn Rushd for Human SciencesFollow

Abstract

This study aims to shed light on the concept of misandry in selected novels by Octavia E Butler and Margaret Atwood. Several previous studies dealt with the concept of misogyny in detail and depth, so it became necessary to present a different point of view. This study reached the following results, analysing the female and male characters to accurately determine the concept of misandry. This study gives a different model of female novelists’ novels to inform the reader of the existence of two sides of female writers, and the novelist Suanne Laqueur was taken as a counter example to the point of view of Octavia E Butler and Margaret Atwood by introducing the idea of violence against men.

Keywords

Butler, Atwood, Laqueur, Misandry, Men

Article Type

Article

First Page

21

Last Page

32

Publication Date

9-15-2025

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Sallal, Omar Abbas (2025) "Misandry and Men’s Equity in Selected Novels by Female Authors," Alustath Journal for Human and Social Sciences: Vol. 64: Iss. 3, Article 2.
DOI: 10.36473/2518-9263.2419
Available at: https://alustath.uobaghdad.edu.iq/journal/vol64/iss3/2