I dunno. It’s not like it was ever about misogyny for the hell of it when it comes to the actual industry. Like usual, it’s about locking new growth sectors and employment opportunities down to white men only.
Same old same old. And, frankly, denial is in most men’s best interests so… people tend to sincerely believe whatever is in their own best interests to believe IMO. I’m sure there’s a pithy quote about that somewhere.
I think it’s just “safe” now for some people to kind of play lip-service and pretend they weren’t a part of that because most of them have already benefitted from it.
“Yay! We’ve ensured that for the next two generations, half the population at
minimum is largely barred through rampant harassment or outright discrimination from success in the newest and highest growth areas of employment and creativity! Wheeeeeeeeeee! Job done. Now we can all pretend we didn’t do that and gaslight everyone.”
