[Shaun]

I'd say that women were very empowered and equal in the West, with more and more women making the top rich lists and becoming businesswomen in all walks of industry. Just 50 or so years ago you'd never have dreamed of women being builders, drivers, managing directors... anything really.

However, in the Middle East and other predominantly-Islamic states, this is obviously not the case, and internationally I still feel that women are sometimes treated as inferior to men.