Authors don't have to write pleasing characters for them to be interesting characters. Characters don't have to be nor socially nor morally rightful. That's what's great about literature. So I think we must differentiate the views your character has on females from actually writing meaningless female characters that function as a foil. As I said before, your character might be a sexist pig headed guy, and because it's a first person narration logically the readers will be see them (the female characters) through his eyes, but that doesn't mean you can't insert well rounded female characters in your story, it only means how your protagonist perceives them. You can have great women, that have an important presence in your story. Maybe figure out ways to contrast them to your character, in a way that maybe he's describing them as inconsequential but the reader can realize they're much more than what your character thinks of them. I think the best way to go, it's through actions, give the female characters the opportunity to be more than just foil.