Namo Buddhaya!
I will explain the garudhammas, what is mysogyny and what is hypocrisy, in light of sutta.
First of all,
Let’s keep in mind that Buddha proclaimed transmigation. No woman or man alive is such that has not, in past, been otherwise.
Second,
They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to be a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha. But it is possible for a man to be a perfected one, a fully awakened Buddha.’ They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to be a wheel-turning monarch. But it is possible for a man to be a wheel-turning monarch.’ They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a woman to perform the role of Sakka, Māra, or Brahmā. But it is possible for a man to perform the role of Sakka, Māra, or Brahmā.’ SuttaCentral
It’s not easy to find someone who has not performed the role of a wheel-turning monarch, Sakka, Māra, or Brahmā.
And at that time those beings were men. And they were venerated as foremost of their kind. And when Tathgatha arises in the world, he is also a man, and foremost among gods & men.
Therefore manhood is a mark shared by these great beings and it is therefore worthy of respect & reverence.
Suppose a long time ago, there was a bhikkhu during a dispensation of some Buddha, wherein both orders are established. At that time, the bhikkhunis are very polite & humble, he likes this setup & relishes the garudhammas, very much so, and is a stalwart opponent of any relaxing of rules because he thinks ‘women are evil and it is necessary to keep them in check’.
He dies without any remarkable attainments, and transmigates for a very long time until he is once again reborn during a sasana of another Buddha, but now he is a bhikkhuni.
But now he doesn’t like the garudhammas, now he wants equality, now he thinks this is unfair, now he says ‘it is mysogyny’.
Now when he misunderstood the garudhammas as a bhikkhu, that is his conceit & mysogyny.
Now when she misunderstood the garudhammas as a bhikkhuni, that is her conceit & hypocrisy.
I think like this. I assume that some time in past life i had a very good & polite wife, such that did her duties well, very virtuous all around.
Now if i was to be reborn as a woman and married off, i hope to keep thinking in the same way, and perform the role of a wife properly, as my good wife did for me, because otherwise what is it but a lack of integrity?
Therefore the garudhammas and things of this sort have nothing to do with hating women or keeping them in check. It has to do with how the universe is set up, revering what is worthy of reverence and what roles we are expected to perform, based on this common history of transmigation.
And it is important to perform in line with expectations, even if people around us do not, because it is by performing one’s role well that one wins good peers who also perform their roles properly, assuring immense accomplishments born of cooperation, the garudhammas are just the script.
If we act without taking into account what was before, what we did & was done for us, then we are easily misled by our own immediate interest here & now.
I know this interpretation may not be fit for the limited spectrum of discussion that is allowed on this topic but i wanted to post it anyway because i think it is important to help people abandon the right things and not be misdirecting effort in abandoning something else.
This misapprehension of the training rules is a particularly pernicious thing that can keep one in this cycle of mysogyny & hypocrisy for an unimaginably long time.