lestats the kind of guy that believes hes incapable of sexism because he read a bunch of simone de beauvoir and harriet taylor mill when first wave feminist philosophy was building in europe and because he believes, of course, in the equal rights of sexes, that he would never do anything sexist - he knows so many terrifying, strong, incredible women, loves the art produced by women, etc - but he doesn't examine how he perpetuates misogyny, and specifically in the context of season 1, how he perpetuates misogynoir in the post-slavery american south, and then how his wounded ego and trauma-frazzled brain continues to lean back on misogyny - judging regina for her hustle, demanding to be coddled by gabrielle, specifically hounding tough cookie about her musical ability, using the memory of claudia as a muse after conspiring to kill her, how he touched akasha in her sleeping state - because he will not self-examine further. he would join the revolution but he wont do the dishes.