I understand what you're getting at here, and you're right about women in most of the Arab world. However, the weird irony is that under Saddam's rule women had more rights and freedoms than any other Arab country. Even though he was an oppressive POS and he had his rape chambers and such, women had more rights than in, say, Afganistan or Iran.

But, like you say, women in the ME have nothing compared to what women here have. And for the most part the same holds true for women in Asia, Africa, South America, etc., to some extent.

I think some could argue that European women actually have it better in day to day living, but not in the corporate world. Even with our proverbial glass ceiling, I don't think women can do any better professionally than right here.