Editing Misogyny (section)

=== Arthur Schopenhauer ===
[[File:Schopenhauer by Karl Bauer 3.jpg|thumb|Schopenhauer by [[Karl Bauer]]]]
Based on his essay "On Women" (Über die Weiber), [[Arthur Schopenhauer]] has been noted as a misogynist by many such as the philosopher, critic, and author Tom Grimwood.<ref name="Grimwood 2008">{{Cite journal |title=The Limits of Misogyny: Schopenhauer, "On Women" |url=http://philpapers.org/rec/GRITLO |journal=Kritike: An Online Journal of Philosophy |date=1 January 2008 |pages=131–145 |volume=2 |issue=2 |first=Tom |last=Grimwood |doi=10.3860/krit.v2i2.854 |doi-access=free |access-date=16 February 2016 |archive-date=23 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223133244/http://philpapers.org/rec/GRITLO |url-status=live}}</ref> In a 2008 article published in the philosophical journal of ''Kritique,'' Grimwood argues that Schopenhauer's misogynistic works have largely escaped attention despite being more noticeable than those of other philosophers such as Nietzsche.<ref name="Grimwood 2008" /> For example, he noted Schopenhauer's works where the latter had argued women only have "meagre" reason comparable that of "the animal" "who lives in the present". Other works he noted consisted of Schopenhauer's argument that women's only role in nature is to further the species through childbirth and hence is equipped with the power to seduce and "capture" men.<ref name="Grimwood 2008" /> He goes on to state that women's cheerfulness is chaotic and disruptive which is why it is crucial to exercise obedience to those with rationality. For her to function beyond her rational subjugator is a threat against men as well as other women, he notes. Schopenhauer also thought women's cheerfulness is an expression of her lack of morality and incapability to understand abstract or objective meaning such as art.<ref name="Grimwood 2008" /> This is followed up by his quote "have never been able to produce a single, really great, genuine and original achievement in the fine arts, or bring to anywhere into the world a work of permanent value".<ref name="Grimwood 2008" />

Schopenhauer condemned what he called "Teutonico-Christian stupidity" on female affairs. He argued that women are "by nature meant to obey" as they are "childish, frivolous, and short sighted".<ref name="Clack1999" /> He also argued that women did not possess any real beauty:<ref>{{cite book |last1=Durant |first1=Will |title=The Story of Philosophy |date=1983 |publisher=Simon and Schuster |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=978-0-671-20159-3 |page=257 |url=https://archive.org/details/storyofphilosophdura00dura/page/257/mode/1up?view=theater |url-access=registration}}</ref>
{{blockquote|It is only a man whose intellect is clouded by his sexual impulse that could give the name of the ''fair sex'' to that under-sized, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped, and short-legged race; for the whole beauty of the sex is bound up with this impulse. Instead of calling them beautiful there would be more warrant for describing women as the unaesthetic sex.}}