I don't agree with treating women as lessers, but I feel, again, that if we are to support women's rights in Islamic societies, we cannot go in with a condescending attitude a la Heart of Darkness: "These poor, uncivilized people, knowing nothing of women's rights! We must save them from themselves!" I believe we can support feminist movements in the Islamic world without excessively judging their culture. Western society isn't the pinnacle of civilization, after all. ;)