Neverfly, I'm guessing you're a fairly young guy. I'm probably not much older than you, but I remember things, and I've heard about more. It may be difficult to imagine, for today's youth (especially the male youth), what the world was like for women just a couple generations ago. Do not make the mistake of assuming that the way you lived is the way people have always lived everywhere. It was very different in subtle but decisive ways.
P.S. Heck, what am I saying? You need go
no farther back than 3 years ago, in some places.