It is hard to overstate the intentional stupidity of supposedly educated people who have nonetheless managed to turn themselves into drooling idiots.
Fire originated at the time of universal formation. When man came about, he learned to use, understand and control it, which was a pretty good thing, considering that fires precipitated by lightning strikes used to consume entire forests before man was there to stop them, adding vast quantities of carbonaceous compounds to the atmosphere.
"Sexism" on the other hand, did not arise until it was conceived by Progressives as yet another means of politicizing human relationships in a way that both denied gender-based human differences and demanded forcible state intervention in the service of ideological preferences.
Our civilization has devolved to the point where knowledge once common has been lost, as our intellectual, cultural and educational establishments have abandoned their traditional roles in the pursuit of power and in fealty to their ideological masters.