If God wanted women to be ruled by men, and totally reliant upon men to support them and make their decisions, women would be bumbling idiots with no brains.

However, they aren't. Their brains are the same as a man's.

If God made women capable of leading their own lives without being reliant on men, then I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that this was His will, rather than to presume that women are helpless excuses for humans, which seems to be the prevailing opinion amongst certain people.