“...In my lifetime, in my state of Georgia, rights were greatly reduced for women, with the husband being legally the head of household.”
And this compares to the tradition of female circumcision, honor killings, and beatings?
My mother (b. 1916) grew up in rural Arkansas and her only memory of KKK activity concerned Klan threats to White men who mistreated their wives.
My statement was that many of these same attitudes persisted in Christian nations for more than a 1,000 years after Christ.
that is clearly correct - Women were essentially property in England, for example, unable to hold a job, earn money, vote, keep money, go to university etc.
By the way, the Klan did a lot more than “stand up for white women.”
We don’t have to deny our past to be critical of Islam today.