Answer: It is the ninth inning and we are down by three runs.
Throughout history western culture has operated under the idea that women were inferior creatures and lesser beings. Women have been called “a foe to friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil, and the gateway to the Devil.” Feminism has been around for hundreds years because of the way women have been treated and from that, came the feminist approach.
Democracy cannot be at any place where a religious book is the constitution, genders are not equally treated, people of other religions are not allowed to practice their religion in public, there is no right to speech. Now you can decide yourself whether there can be democracy or not.
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