The modal verb "to need" is highly depend on the context. You might have seen it in a different context than the author. While you may have interpreted it as s

The modal verb "to need" is highly depend on the context. You might have seen it in a different context than the author. While you may have interpreted it as saying that if women don't compromise, then they are bad, the author could have meant that if women don't compromise, then (the population will decrease/whatever else that might make sense).