The word for today is…
misogyny (noun) – Hatred or mistrust of women.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : “Hatred of women,” 1650s, from Modern Latin misogynia, from Greek misogynia, abstract noun from misogyn?s “woman-hater,” from miso- “hatred” (see miso-) + gyn? “woman” (from PIE root *gwen- “woman”).
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