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As far as I can tell the main difference between a patriarch and a misogynist, is that with a patriarch the women haven't successfully rebelled yet.

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Patriarchy is a system wherein women are not predominant.

Misogyny is a system wherein women are subject to mistreatment.

Note that I am not advocating either system, and am an ardent feminist.

Misogyny isn't a system and patriarchies don't persist for long without misogyny, for fairly obvious reasons.

I don't believe that is accurate. There are plenty of patriarchal societies where women have high status and are not subject to mistreatment or violence, but no political or economic control.

Name three.

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