I'm going to push back on you a little bit. You're. Making a big deal about a third of a group of therapists ot raising their hands about the question, "do you like men?" without considering that m, in that setting it's an inappropriate question to begin with. Secondly, it's a nonsense question that begs some parameters to have any kind of real tangible meaning, especially for a group of future therapists. Thirdly, you're assuming that if you didn't raise your hand immediately, you don't like men rather than assume you're considering what is meant by that ridicously ambiguous question (again, in a professional context) or that your feelings about 'men' are neutral rather than definitively positive or negative based solely on identity.

Not gonna lie, if I was sitting in that group, I wouldn't have raised my hand either based on #2 and #3, and after the fact, I would have been pissed at being asked because of #1.

I haven't got passed the point of your claim that this little.scenario is proof of bias against men in your essay yet. But your take on this anecdote doesn't prove I weren't bias against men, even just by this group. Frankly, your take is where the bias lay. It's irrational and lacks wisdom. You're drawing false conclusions based on assumptions. You're using the story to fit a narrative you already believe, rather than looking at the situation and being open and curious about what it means.