is that so many people don't think about women in just one way. They have low opinions about the great majority of the women in the world, but they'll make exceptions for the few that they're close to for one reason or another-- mothers, friends, daughters, sisters maybe-- and then keep up that artificial separation as if millions of other men aren't making the same distinction only with your loved ones in the "other" category. Basically, they dole out the misogyny but then turn around and make with the "oh no not my precious baby" attitude later, as if all the pissing in the pool they've done over the years couldn't possibly come back to affect them personally.

(*shrug*) People are dumb.