I appreciate your input and thanks to bringing some more balance. I don't think we are going to see this very much on steemit...and if they come here, they won't gain influence.
I seriously have a hard time believing that misogyny in western culture is a HUGE problem.(I repeat, western culture) I haven't met a single men who genuinely hated women in 30 years and I have traveled and met a lot of people. Sure, there are douchebags and bimbos but they willingly abuse of each other in different ways. One for sex and the other one for resources & status.
I also don't like the term "mysogyny" very much because it's way too broad and anything can be put under that banner. It's definition goes broader and broader year by year. Even opening a door to a lady can be branded as a mild form of misogyny these days. (sigh)
it's ok. you have one experience. i have another. i cannot convince you of my personal experiences and i cannot change the perception you have of my experiences. life goes on and we continue to learn how the world is different. one day, we may look back at this present moment, Tuesday, 5:51 pm as the start of the next human evolution. We will be asking ourselves why we ever spent time on Reddit, Medium and Facebook. We will be glad that an algorithm has not prevented us from seeing opinons that are vastly different from our own. That is my hope. I guess I'll die thinking this way, as that is the way I thought as a child. People may try to abuse me, take my joy away, but they are wasting their energy. My joy emerges from deep within myself and is not dependent upon external sources. I resonate with those who value me, with my flaws, with my shortcomings, with my intelligence. I let everything and everyone else fall away. This is the natural way of the universe and energy in the scientific world, as well as in the human world.
I was a Women's Studies major in college so I get it and I understand where Leah is coming from. Leah and I both survived relationships with psychopathic men. She published my story in her Medium publication Into the Raw. Misogyny surely is an awful word. But it is a reality for women. Many white cis males just cannot see it due to the cognitive bias that comes from the social status they have.
But, here, on Steemit, with the culture being established by the founders I would use a different approach then spotlighting misogyny at the very beginning to influence the culture. I would just use a different approach that is all.
cryptoctopus - I see that you are in Canada. Misogyny is alive and well in the USA.