You'll often times hear certain groups of women celebrating that "Men are becoming obsolete" usually in key with other phrases like "It's the end of men" or "The Future is female". But that's not entirely true. Women rely heavily on men to protect their rights and freedoms and also be willing to die for them. In a hostile world where the vast majority of military forces are predominantly male women rely on men (collectively) to believe in, protect, and defend their rights. If men don't do this women have very little recourse except to work within the confines of what men do decide. Case in point Afghanistan, when the Taliban came rolling in their men did a quick value assessment "Is it worth fighting and potentially dying for the current government which has granted the women and girls of our country many freedoms that they never had before"? Enough of them collectively said no and the Taliban rolled right in without a fight effectively wiping out the rights of women and girls in the region overnight. Women rely heavily on men to protect their rights. The only way that changes is if women were to start a country that had a military predominately composed of women. Until they do men are never obsolete.

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TL;DR the only thing that's preventing things from going full Handmaid's Tale is the collective goodwill of men in a given society.