by a_hnau » August 9th, 2004, 7:18 pm
Hmmm... Perhaps this is oversimplifying, but (according to my first-year NT Greek :-) misogyny = hatred of women. I think it would be a brave person who would venture to say what Lewis hated, particularly when he was always incredibly careful to place caveats on his personal feelings (especially where his experience was limited or he recognised a bias in himself). In regard to women, how could Lewis actively hate persons whom God had created? Certainly he was always acutely conscious of the need for charity towards those for whom one has perhaps less natural sympathy or common ground. After all, hang it, Lewis was married for a time. I think the last word goes to Shadowlands - when Lewis was accused of not knowing any children, in the screenplay at least [I suspect but am not sure that Lewis in fact said or wrote something similar], he responds "But Warnie was a child once, and unlikely though it may seem, so was I" (not quoted exactly, but the sense is there)...
Urendi Maleldil