> Over the millennia many fathers secretly taught their little princesses to read and write. But apparently none of them wanted to upset the status quo.

Apparently many of them did want to upset the status quo, or we wouldn't have the situation we are in now. Men gave women their rights and powers, without men deciding that nothing would change. Women pleaded men to make this change, but it was ultimately men who decided to give women these rights and that it is the right thing to do.