Just because the Quran does not specifically dictate something does not mean that Islam isn't resposonsible for creating the social mindset that led to this kind of treatment. You can only preach so much that women are second class citizens before people take that to an extreme.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
