I have been to a lot of places and the one determining factor in the state of any society was its treatment of women. Those that treated their women well were almost always advanced. Those that did not were almost always in chaos. Japan loves women and is an advanced society. Saudi Arabia, for all its oil wealth, must import almost all its tech and education. Despite what you might think, Saudi is not a good place to be female. Female domination might be a light read in manga, but being in a society like that is actually painful to see. (
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