You hate men, don't you? It's a little less general than that.

Man: Do you want to come to bed with me?
Woman: No.
Man: What are you, a man-hater?
Woman (making her getaway): It’s less general than that.

In those pre-feminist days, everyone knew what man-haters were: they
were lesbians (or lesbians were man-haters), ugly (and therefore lesbians),
 or they were women who wanted equal pay or work parity (and probably
lesbians), but mostly they were women who didn’t want to sleep with you. However, Gilmore is right; man-haters were identified as such by men – I can’t remember any woman calling herself one – and the designation was just another aspect of a deep institutional dislike and fear of women that does seem to have been expressed by many men in all times and all places

Books by Peter Cheevers

Dr Peter Cheevers holds a BA (Honours) degree in Philosophy; a Master's degree in Semiotics and was awarded a Doctorate by Brunel University in 2005. He is an award winning playwright and journalist,and a published poet. He wrote an acclaimed television play with Ian La Frenais, 'Harry Carpenter Never Said it Was Like This.' He co-authored with Fiona Marshall 'Coping with SAD' (Sheldon Press, London 2002, Positive Options for Seasonal Affective Disorder Hunter House, Alameda, USA, 2003). He also wrote 'Coping with Family Stress' (Sheldon Press 2007). He has written two novels; Smiles on the Face of Matter and Grasping at Waves. As an actor he has performed widely in television and film and on radio and stage. He lives in Kent with his partner and four daughters