In parts of my spiritual seeking life I found people in various places in their 'faith'.
When searching through Christian traditions I found a spectrum in every group that differentiated themselves.
I found those who understood tradition as ritual behavior and others who sought a deeper understanding of their purpose in their faith.
I always dug deeper in every way I could. I bought all kinds of bibles. I dug deeper into the source language of the translations.
I found that there were a few who studied and questioned like me but a majority never read at all - it was family tradition to attend and listen and know the rituals for ceremony.

When searching and learning of world cultures and beliefs I found many that were not patriarchal in nature. Indigenous people traced lineage and inherited through matriarchal traditions. All genders had a voice in the clan and tribe. Some roles were very defined and specific but not for power or control.
Even certain words in language were used specifically by gender not in the way we learn masculine and feminine words in Latin type languages. A specific word that meant the same thing but said differently by gender. Spiritually there was Mother and Father in the nature of things. A way of life was living in harmony with nature not conquering it.

In many ways beliefs are about finding harmony and balance of sorts but different in approach to achieve it. Some come from an individualistic place others from a pluralistic place. The extremes of both can become way off scale.

Right now it feels like the world has a lot of heavy thumbs on the scale. Many are not good for all and they are not traditional players in our historically global traditions.