Male Privilege

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20. It's easy to say "Western Society" but what about Middle Eastern, African and Asian societies?

Honest question.

DISCLAIMER -- I do not, by any means, claim to know these other societies apart from briefly touching upon them in college. I have not yet had the opportunity to travel internationally. I'm no sociologist.

That being said, do women in these societies enjoy political, social and economic opportunities as much as we do in "Western societies?"

That's not to say -- lest any hastily jump to the wrong conclusion -- that I deny gender inequality in Western society or suggest that women in Western society not fight that inequality just because they might have it worse. That's not what I'm suggesting at all but I think inequality in Western society is more a legacy rather than an active policy. There are those who cling to biases for their own comfort and profit but those types will always exist everywhere. However, those types are also the subject of ridicule by our society as a common whole. No one would dare campaign for the repeal of suffrage because they would be scoffed out of the public forum. I think the gains made make the final push for full equality all the more important but on that same note Western society -- I believe -- has much to offer the world when it comes to combating misogyny and inequality.