Do you people think that girls/women are still suppressed in the 21st century? What's the general attitude of people towards their sisters ,mothers ,daughters,wives etc? Are you people satisfied with the female handling of our society in general? I'm not talking about just Eastern or developing regions but all about the world.
No because even in the West some women are treated like dirt. Women are frail beings compared to men. Hence, men tend to suppress them. If we look at domestic violence this is an aspect that usually concerns women and not men. According to the British Crime Survey 1/4 women have been or will be physically assaulted by their current/ former partners. Every minute an incident of domestic violence is reported to the police. On an average women are attacked about 35 times before seeking assitance. Lets not even talk about the East where you see women being involved in "honour killings". How come men aren't the victims of such killings? Females being the primary victims says alot about the society's attitude towards them. Females have been and will be suppressed all their lives.
I was watching a Pakistani programme yesterday where a woman ( around 50 years of age) has remained with an abusive partner for many years. Reason? It's not considered decent for a woman to leave her husband even if he's phsyically abusive. This might be fine for the older generations but nowadays very few people follow this "tradition". The divorce rate has accelerated immensely.
Some people also stick by the absurd concept of " jis ghar main shadi hoti hai wahan se janaza hi jata hai". Some women probably bring things upon themselves but some of them are stuck in sticky situations where it is impossible to get out of.