As a woman, i appreciate and thank God for the level of civilization we have attained in the world. I can't imagine what I'd feel like to have my knowlege potentials limited by default or have my intellectual efforts not appreciated simply because I am a woman.
I want to also say that it's still possible to attain that same level of knowledge base as the scholars of the past. If only we could put in the same amoumt of effort like those men. Most of those men didn't start families or have any other engagements simply because they wanted to concentrate in academics. How many of us can do this?