Men's Group

society, if anything. Not every individual subscribes to it or actively supports it, you and I as individuals certainly don't, but it's more of a generalized tendency that people often pass on to each other without even realizing it. Sort of like ingrained cultural racism - some people are overtly racist, whereas others participate more subconsciously. Honestly it would be hard to find an individual in this country who hasn't been shaped to some extent (however small) by "traditional" American racism. And much the same, I figure, goes for ingrained misogyny. Every individual man is not to blame - and certainly not someone as conscientious as you generally seem to be - but racism and misogyny are largely just sad facts of American life.

(Not that many other countries aren't just as bad or worse, far worse even. But as a lifelong resident of the United States I don't feel comfortable speaking authoritatively on cultures which aren't my own.)