As a woman, I ought to be offended. Actually I am, but mostly because he is a Muslim and in a Muslin country, I do believe he thinks women are less than human compared to a man. Fit to serve their men as slaves, not as partners.
In western countries, however, this equal/smequal talk is somewhat meaningless. The Feminists have smothered the word so as to render it so. Equal to them is identical to being the same. Men and women are not the same, and nothing can change that, and we should not want it to be changed. It makes the world go around, so to speak.
Thank God that we have men and women. It spices up the world, and renews it when new life is created.
That made me smile...great post, well said. :)