Women’s inferior status relative to men is universal across societies

Evidence

Women invariably occupy a position inferior to men, though in some societies, the differential is not great. Women are almost always excluded from the role of headman and usually are ineligible to become shamans or participate in council meetings. (Lenski, 1984, p. 111). — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3177

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Women’s equal work earned half men’s wages across Western countries.; Woman’s status as privileged Other depends on specific social and political conditions — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 320; Economic and social structures still subordinate women despite overturning the femininity myth — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 675 (+3 more)