People are raised with religious beliefs developed at places of worship.
Some men and women after varying degrees of introspection decide to devote their lives to those places.
Some successfully consolidate power and preserve order. Reality isn't simple as we wish it to be.
Allegedly some default on their vows.
Some later rebel against the status quo, because they believe women are people to be treated with dignity and respect regardless what some overseas authoritarian wearing a fancy hat says.
What can we do?
Try to protest within those places and their rules, if they elect you.
Find a place to worship which believes women are people to be treated with dignity and respect. I hear The Satanic Temple is pretty nice these days.
