Definition: A man who comes across as being in touch with his feminine side due to his carefully cultivated, sensitive, emo nature but who’s really just trying to look down your shirt. Because this individual is, at his core, incapable of seeing women as equals, he is woman-hating, therefore, an emosogynist. (Coined by the blog Jezebel.)
Think, any “nice” guy who gives you the creeps but you’re not sure why.
Celebrity examples:
Orgasm face John Mayer
Meth face Ethan Hawke
Man-boy Zach Braff
And whoever that guy is who sings the popular song with the lyrics “I get ten thousand hugs from ten thousand lightening bugs…”
All original content © 2012 by Jessie Knadler
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wait, since when did JEZEBEL coin the term? i smell a rat…or did they get a hot tip from a certain rural bloggeress?
p: i actually did some research on this, and I’m pretty sure jezebel came up with it first (or gawker). sometime in 2009? 2008? i don’t know. though I’m still on a mission to come up with the perfect word to describe the the creepy “nice” guy who doesn’t necessarily hate women, he just wants to rock them into bed. jk
Ughhhhh. John Mayer makes me naseous!
Hey Michelle: Yeah, it’s weird. Supposedly his fan base is comprised mostly of women but I have yet to meet one who actually likes him. Do you know any? JK