Misogyny is far too gentle a term.
A phobia is not just a fear -- feeling creeped out when you walk into a spider web is rational/burning down the house because you saw a dust
bunny that might have been a spider is an irrational fear (arachnophobia).
In the patriarchy, a real Alpha -- or even a normal human -- has no reason to fear half the planet. Yet, they do.
They kill women.
The cause serious physical and mental harm to women.
That'
s genocide, by
definition.
"Misogyny" just doesn'
t describe that adequately.