After all, nothing has really changed. Men have the power: they have always felt entitled to it and they still are. "Emancipation" is just a word to be mocked because mainly men remain in charge of the world's most vital matters. For the vast majority, women are still considered and expected to be pleasant decorations, needed to adjust and soften the atmosphere. Sometimes their intelligence is an added value, but usually it isn't.

And yet, despite this low level of consideration, the inferior role dedicated to women is another kind of power nonetheless! It is a power that voracious women embrace and learn to wield in order to dominate, yet without ever clearly affirming this "dominant" role they are exerting. This type of apparently "submissive power" is much easier to deny and far harder to measure.

You see this dynamic very clearly in the Mediterranean countries, where the Arab domination left deep roots. In the northern countries it seems less evident. And yet a widespread, creeping hatred towards women remains very strong. The fact that a Swedish author, Stieg Larsson, wrote Men Who Hate Women, it shows us exactly how deep-seated this issue is!