Doesn’t duckduckgo still use Google’s search engine? Seems it would still be subject to the same algorithm biases although you wouldn’t be tracked.
Here’s a test. Type in “Women cal” in the search box of both Google and DDG. Look at their lists of suggested and popular search terms.
They all use Google’s underlying engine.
Type Trump in Startpage , duckduckgo and then google and see the difference , use 3 tabs