religion helps to make women a class of prey for predators:

http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/index.html?story=/mwt/broadsheet/2010/08/20/pakistan_floods_women_victims_open2010&source=newsletter&utm_source=contactology&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Salon_Daily%2520Newsletter%2520%2528Not%2520Premium%2529_7_30_110

As usual, the suffering are mostly women and children, that is how patriarchy works, and how it is planned and executed–women and children–cheap labor and unprotected rape victims for predators and businessmen. Be proud of yourselves, you big strong men at the top-you have invented a foolproof system that can never be overthrown, at least until the invention of the internet (the most dangerous things to you are fact and data) so now you must hustle and bustle around to outlaw that too.  Nice work, men.  Nice touch using your Sarah Palin Sex Slaves to help keep you in power too!