You are so right.  It won't be the fault of the Guptas, or any other men for that matter. Men were brought up to believe they are more important than women by their mothers, mostly. Similarly women were taught to marry well and support their husbands. Unless we women change that, nothing will change. Women need to stop asking for or expecting protection and then insist on equality.   We do not need gender activists or feminists but women who stand with men as people.  Only then will equality exist. One's place in society is won, not given.   We do not need a Dept. of women children and the disabled, we need women to grow up and take their place in society as self-governing adults.