On one hand it makes sense that medieval european social relations imply, well, medieval european social relations and it makes sense to use your novel (or your show) to examine those.
On the other I can relate to many people wanting to see women in medieval fantasy to be represented in some other way than constant misery porn.
they could literally just not have misogyny. It’s a bullshit excuse. unless it’s written by a woman and has a very specific point to make for the story, including it is gratuitous
The misogyny is a pretty integral plot point its what drove the entire continent into ruin and cost the Targaryens everything, had they just gone with the original female heir or even thr female heir before her there wouldn’t have been a civil war.