My first therapist had the following advice for me:

"When somebody tells you that they have a bad habit about something, believe them".

I would apply this advice to his statement about being a misogynist. Don't question it -- if he believes it about himself, then it might as well be true. Never try to change somebody -- we should fall in love with people as they ARE, not who we think they COULD be.

Easier said than done, I know.