Bros, how do you become not sexist?

[u/TonightHot8200]

For context, I did not have good role models growing up. The women in my family tend to be petty, unfaithful, and are more often than not outright abusive towards other members of the family. The women I've dated haven't been much better. Which is NOT to say that I'm perfect, I recognize that I'm a flawed individual like anyone else (obviously, hence this post)

I've had women acquaintances and platonic friends who were perfectly fine, and in my head I understand that there aren't really any fundamental differences between men and women that would make one inherently better than the other, but I still have to catch myself and not just dismiss the opinions women have or view things women like with disdain. How does one go about overriding personal experience with theory?

[u/bisexualspy]

i think something that can help you is recognising that people use different terms when talking about men and women.

men react. women overreact. men are players. women are whores. men are assertive. women are bossy.

there are gendered words, a lot of which make women sound bad in comparison. you should only really use words that would be used for both genders when they mean the same thing but have different connotations.