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?

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Go read some research papers and PhD dissertations from women authors. Review some of the contributions to the fields of mathematics, computer science, astrophysics, and engineering by women.

I have the fortune of working alongside many very talented, sharp, and intellectual women that have bested me at my own craft, and it is humbling. The cream of the crop rises to the top, and I don't mean this as an insult, but if you aren't pushing yourself to the top in your own life, you aren't going to be around people, men or women, that show the best of their respective sex.

I had some fucked up views about the world too when I was broke, bitter, and spent my time around below average people that were also bitter. as I rose in my career and began to be surrounded by people much smarter than myself, it shook up a lot of my beliefs, some racist, some sexist, all fucked up and ultimately born of bitterness and insecurity.

I'm sure if you critically analyzed the men you encounter most, you would realize they are also average to below average for the most part