Hey Olive you are not in Adams days. As I said relgion has not evolved along with humans. And remember even only in last 5-6 decades women have chosen to come out of the house and the fireplace. They were comfortable there for a millenia. And you were not prepared for the world as you are now with education knowledge experience thoughts

So earn your place in the sun . I agree that there is a lot of discrimination and repression but it was allowed and conceded by women for thousands of year. And women were not ready to do anything that was done by man right from the days they had to hunt for dinner