Misogeny is an overarching woman-hating, woman-harming tenet of society. Feminism centrally attempts to first bring attention to all misogenist elements of society, therefore all social occurences or constructs that are causing violence to women. Feminism then attempts to elminiate these structures that cause harm.

Radical feminists see elimination of the overwhelming social structures of patriarchy and misogeny as critical and necessary for the equality of women to ever be achieved.