The authors tell us that men and women treated so differently in developing countries."Why is acid thrown in women's faces, but not in men's? Why are women so much more likely to be stripped naked and sexually humiliated than men? Why is it that in many cultures, old men are respected as patriarchs, while old women are taken outside the village to die of thirst or be eaten by wild animals?" Half the Sky, p. 67
What things would have to take place to change this?
