That is, all socities did had a lower opinion of women than modern society does; (no voting rights) now we have women running global corporations, something unthinkable in those times. Why can’t we say that the Gedolim were also influenced by the socities they lived in to a degree?
The fear of this Simchas Bas is that it will lead to something else. I don’t see the linkage though.
edited. You may state it as a question.