I am not sure if you are replying to my comment, and I fail to see how you can conclude that I am a sexist and equate a man's only value to be in the  military or construction with my comment on societies that subjugate women.  For the record,  I think men in our society, particularly WASP men, are continually blamed for all the so-called evils of so-called evil colonialism  and becoming one of the most discriminated against groups in Western civilization.  I could write a paper with an arguable thesis  on how men and their important role in families and societies has been slowly eroded over the last 50-60 years.   This does not, however, negate nor does take away from the back-seat role women are plagued with in many, if not all, countries in Africa. 

I used to say I was a feminist.  Now I see feminists  as a hysterical group of male-bashers and nihilists. Their mistake, IMHO, has been to claim power at the expense of the other sex, (men).