I have seen many male to become highly criticising for a mistake of women. The same behaviour will not apply for men. Worst is India,where femalefoeticide is highest. Girl child is murdered in the mother's womb itself. The reason these male chauvanist gives is-who will meet the expenditure of their marriage expenses(dowry is highly prevalant in all parts of society). Even the educated class does it.

note, i'm a man from a part of the world were females are not given equal oppourtunity. i've got alot of burning hearts regarding this issue. 

The subjects you have stated are very serious, however there are generally social reasons behind them.  In my opinion, generally a reason for females not having power is that the majority of the people around them are men who, knowingly or not, tend to be threatened by the unknown.  In the UK, Margaret Thatcher was demonised by many who felt threatened by her and she turned out to be one of the best Prime Ministers this country ever had:  she took the hard decisions which other Prime Ministers were too scared to take.  There is a saying:  "if you want something said, ask a man.  If you want something done, ask a woman"  We really should stop comparing ourselves to men:  we are not men, and we are never going to be!  Historically, the world was run by men however as the world becomes more 'equal', this trend will start to diminish.  That said, I would not want to see women becoming 'more equal' than men, to quote a famous George Orwell novel!

I don't buy in to the "man bashing", or to the downtrodden female - my sentiment is simple:  accept it, or do something about it.  You can't change the way things are just by complaining about it!