The Taliban reads Western stories. If you deeply offend them in your article, it might be good reporting, but it's the last interview you ever get. And don't plan on remaining in Afghanistan either. A reporter can easily just report the facts on the ground and let their readers draw their own conclusions, without closing their access to people we don't like. The reporter's job is to educate his readers, not the people he is interviewing.

I have Muslim friends in the US. One couple in particular consists of a male software engineer and a female physician. Any gender-role beliefs they hold seem to be pretty harmless. So I don't see Islam as being all that misogynistic. I think the real problem is conservatism. We have gun-worshipping alt-right groups in this country that hate women to the point of mass shootings!

Educating anyone benefits everyone.