Just to be crystal-clear, what's happening here isn't the "oh look, there's this other unrelated issue that's more important," it's people trying to deal with the problems that are fundamental to how this current discussion started.
Let me get metaphorical again. A gang of arsonists start a fire and start dancing around giddily outside the blaze, laughing at what they've accomplished and high-fiving as each new building catches flame. Some rescue workers show up to put out that fire. If you pick that moment to step in front of them and say, "I know you're here to deal with this fire, but I have a stuck window across the street and I simply must insist you deal with that first before you get back to fighting this fire," you're definitely not going to get your window fixed --and if you actively get in their way you're probably going to get arrested.
I mean, you can whine to other people nearby your window if you really want to, but it's going to turn people who would normally sympathize against you, because it just demonstrates such a lack of perspective.
Misogyny is an accurate, unexaggerated descriptor of what has been happening over the last week, with targeted campaigns of violent harassment against outspoken women in the industry. Talking about it any other way is whitewashing the abhorrent behavior that people have been displaying.
