Gender equality is the inevitable result of technological advancement
The way I see it, women were in subordinate roles across the globe for all of premodern history because it made economic sense in agricultural societies.
Before the advent of capitalism and industry, food came out of the ground. Children were needed to get that food and most children died before reaching maturity so people had lots of kids. Lots of kids means lots of pregnancy which equals a handicap to women’s health and autonomy.
Today food comes from stores. You buy it with money that you get from going to jobs. More kids = less money because you have to feed your kids by spending money.
Plus technology and medicine have advanced to point where most kids who are born don’t die.
It has stopped making sense to have lots of kids. Women don’t have to be pregnant all the time. They are free to make their own choices.
There is a lot of nuance I have left out but this is the broad trajectory of the development of social dynamics related to gender and sexuality.