Jillian Chantal

Almost all of us have heard the word misogyny and know it means a hatred or strong dislike of women. I have run into this more than I can tell you in my career as a lawyer- more so in the early days when we women lawyers were pretty rare.  When I left law school, there were still 2.5 men to every woman that graduated. Things have gotten better over the years and I’m glad to be able to say that.  There are, sadly, still some old school fellows out there that act dismissive- til I whip their  butt in court, that is!  LOL!

I pride myself on being a wordsmith but have to confess that the word philogynist was new to me when I heard it. It means the opposite of misogynist- it is a person who likes or admires women. I have a good friend that is the dictionary definition of this word. He’s loves women and when you talk to him, you’re very aware of it. He’s interested in all you have to say, he makes eye contact at all times and he’s very tactile.  He’s just so cute and fun and is the first to tell you that he loves women. He’s been married to his high school sweetheart for a very long time and they have six kids.  She’s lucky to have him and  he’s lucky that she knows he’s never gonna cheat on her even as much as he loves woman.