Does Not Like Men/Playing With

Basic Trope: A (usually female) character has a negative attitude about the male gender.
 * Played Straight: Alice has a tough time befriending men and letting them get close to her. She may also view them as The Unfair Sex to some extent.
 * Exaggerated: Alice outright hates men, and believes the world would be better off without them. She may even move into (or start) a Lady Land with like-minded women to facilitate this, or conspire into an outright Gendercide.
 * Downplayed: Alice doesn't really interact with men, but doesn't actively hate them either.
 * Justified:
 * Alice is simply Not Good With People, men or women.
 * Alice was raped or abused (maybe by a stranger, maybe by a relative, maybe by a Bastard Boyfriend), and this is her way of preventing that from happening again.
 * Alice is a Straw Feminist.
 * Inverted:
 * Bob is a He-Man Woman Hater.
 * Alice likes hanging out with men even more than she likes hanging out with other women.
 * Subverted: Alice seems to get along alright with the male characters.
 * Double Subverted: But when they show any interest in her, she quickly pushes them away.
 * Deconstructed: Alice could be missing out on some great relationships (romantic or otherwise), and the male perspective on things.
 * Reconstructed: Alice learns that not all men suck, and gets to know at least one that she can have a positive relationship with.
 * Parodied: Alice freaks out and shoots Bob when all he said to her is, "Hi."
 * Zig Zagged:
 * Alice's attitude towards men varies between hating them, a mild dislike, and really liking them.
 * Alice dislikes some men, but not others.
 * Averted:
 * Alice is indifferent to the male gender.
 * Alice likes interacting with men as much as (or more than) other women.
 * No male characters exist, for no apparent reason.
 * Enforced:
 * Writer On Board
 * Straw Feminist
 * Lampshaded: "It's not that I hate men. It's just that I haven't met any decent one yet."
 * Invoked: Bob does things (deliberately or unintentionally) to offend or upset or annoy Alice.
 * Defied: Alice really likes Bob and everything he does.
 * Discussed:
 * Conversed:
 * Played For Laughs:
 * Alice is a Hysterical Woman in a piece of Satire
 * Slap Slap Kiss
 * Played For Drama: Almost always is.

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