Why?

Why is it still acceptable to subordinate women to men? Well, the religions of the world respond, because religious tenets tell us so.

In Northern Nigeria a pregnant 13 year old girl, Bariya, received 180 lashes of the cane after being pimped by her father. The State’s Attorney General who, one presumes, has a smattering of education, said “It is the law of Allah”. In Jerusalem “modesty police” terrorise women who talk to men or show ordinary parts of their body. In some parts of India women are still expected to commit suicide on their husband’s death or go to an ashram.

The Qur’an says “If you fear highhandedness from your wives, remind them (of the teachings of God), then ignore them when you go to bed, then hit them.”
Muhammad actually married a prepubescent child and upon being given two slave girls, gave the ugly one to a friend and kept the beautiful one, Maryam to use sexually (this is according to the Hadith, the sayings and traditions of the Prophet).
And worshippers at a Church of England cathedral are being offered a two track communion service with a separate supply of “untainted” communion bread for those who object to its being consecrated by a woman priest.
In Malaysia a Muslim model is being whipped for drinking beer. Her conviction caused a furore in the country where Muslims are rarely punished for consuming it.

We routinely read of women being imprisoned in their homes, having their genitalia cut, being stoned for having sex or being expelled from their family to fend for themselves in a culture which precludes female emancipation.

This level of bigotry of women deserves at least as much attention as global warming, but appears to be well and truly under the radar as far as the world is concerned.