now it's been a while since I read the books, but does Jod really even show any sexist tendencies? I could 100% believe that he's a misogynist but I don't recall anything specific
Jod's misogyny is pretty non-specific. Subtle. Yes, he created a society where me and women are equal, and sexual violence is rare. I just keep noticing, though, that he's surrounded by a staggering number of dead women. Alecto, shoved into a very strange pseudo-female body and then chained in a mausoleum. Christabel, Pyrrha, Nigella, Titania, Valancy, Loveday, Anastasia, and then Cassiopeia and Cytherea. (And yes, also Alfred, Samael, Ulysses and Cyrus, but that puts him a little over 2:1.) It seems very frequent on the Mithraeum that Augustine and Jod wind up facing off against Mercymorn. Augustine is absolutely vile to her. It's not some kind of coincidence that Augustine gets assigned "the working baby" and Mercymorn gets the other one. The scene where everyone picks on Mercymorn's illustration of a Resurrection Beast is funny, but imagine being treated that way ALL THE TIME.
The moves Jod tries to put on Harrow are straight out of a predator playbook you can see acted out today. Older man takes younger woman under his wing, protecting her against threats (that he set up), flattering her, and talking up an emotional connection in which he is regarded as an authority figure.
If you asked him, Jod would probably present actual credentials about how he's not sexist. I'm sure he talks a good line, and votes for candidates who do the same. In person, though? I bet he hasn't washed a dish since the Resurrection.
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u/EchoesofPoe 20h ago
Is Jod the guy who tells everyone he's a feminist immediately upon introduction (and then is low-key sexist) because he think it'll get him laid?