Men Who Hate Women

The writer portrays women in a poor light in this novel, considering the title to the very popular book was once titled Men Who Hate Women. There are several occasions where Lisbeth is abused or used as an object of obsession or lust. For example, Lisbeth is bullied and happens to get jumped by a pack of men that seemed to have no respect for Lisbeth and/or women in general. Lisbeth has learned through her years of abuse and violence to fight back. Of course the most obvious scene of hatred towards women was when Lisbeth’s foster parent forces her to perform sexual actions on him and later rapes her. He uses bribery and force to tame Lisbeth and gets what he wants. But in the end Lisbeth once again got her revenge by setting him up and making sure he was taught a lesson. Lisbeth isn’t even treated with respect from the Vanger family and even Harriet's mother Isabella expresses that this whore of a girl does not need to be on their island. She is looked at differently for her appearance and the way she carries herself is very mysterious as well. I seem to believe that Blomkvist is one of the few men in the story that respects Lisbeth.