To both @shaddack and @davide405:
Considering how badly sex-related laws in most states are written, and the fact that women continue to - as of this year - be deliberately excluded from the development of sex-related laws in the U.S.: I have to agree with you both.
As of this year in the U.S.
(The bill passed the House. https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2014/h30 )
It simply is not easy to get legal equality as woman in this world. That begins by being heard, and women know this. http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2014/wom1986.doc.htm