For me a portion of this problem is caused by religion as well, particularly those with sexist ideologies (for example islam see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

For me a portion of this problem is caused by religion as well, particularly those with sexist ideologies (for example islam see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Islam https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Islam). Though, this is a subject that I rarely if ever hear brought up in the media, even in european irreligious countries like sweden. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irreligion_by_country) If you cross reference the countries by religion and their rating on gender equality, you will notice the most religious countries are some of the most inequal.(http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2014/rankings/ http://reports.weforum.org/global-gender-gap-report-2014/ran..., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations#By_proportion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_religious_populations#...) This doesnt mean both are related of course, but if you think beliefs about moral affect behavior you would expect to see this type of correlation. Im prepared to get downvoted for my opinion on the detriments of religion here so have at me :) EDIT: If you downvote please say why? Id like to see good counter argument.