(n.) A lover or friend of women; one who esteems woman as the higher type of humanity; -- opposed to misogynist.
Example Sentences:
(1) A self-confessed philogynist and "feminised geek", he recently penned a deliciously satirical article in the Hollywood Reporter entitled Why Men Aren't Funny, in which he gently excoriates the idea once infamously aired by Christopher Hitchens (one of Feig's literary heroes, incidentally) that "Women Aren't Funny".
Philogyny
Definition:
(n.) Fondness for women; uxoriousness; -- opposed to misogyny.
Example Sentences:
(1) Misogyny, and philogyny for that matter, seems to imply an essential state of being, perhaps an inability to change an outlook, a claim about what that person is.
(2) I presumed it would be something like "philogyny" and it was indeed – "fondness towards women".