As long as women are seen by society as possessions that us men must acquire these archaic attitudes will always exist and come to hinder progression; women are ultimately perceived prizes that us men win or even catch, almost like Pokemon. Society as a whole dehumanises women to such a point that the only thing they're judged by are looks/attractiveness or rather, appropriateness. A women breastfeeding her child in public isn't "appropriate", therefore she's a tramp and deserves criticism. Women wears a short skirt, society deems her inappropriate, therefore she's labelled a slut and probably deserves whatever she gets, even rape.
If you're a women you must stay strictly within preset boundaries or else society will question your decency, and seeing as women are mainly judged on looks, the clothing you wear becomes the standard by which you're judged - the majority of people don't hold female intelligence in high regard. Us men however have plenty of leeway, the boundaries just don't exist in the same way. It's absolutely crazy to think that a women is deemed a tramp for simply breastfeeding her child (albeit in public), yet the likes of Gazza and Tyson are deemed heroes despite one being an alcoholic women beater and the other a convicted rapist. Just goes to show that even if a man is a scumbag he will still get more respect than a female victim.
For example, it really annoys me that Chris Brown has been so readily forgiven despite showing no remorse. It stunned me that some people (including some of my female college buddies) thought that Rihanna must have done something to "spark" Brown into a violent rage. Just goes to show that society doesn't believe that women can be non-compliant victims, i.e bad things don't just happen to women, a women must have done something to make that bad thing happen to her. It all goes back to the Bible and the "Virgin" Mary which instilled the notion that a women is only worth something if she is completely untouched, pure and modest, only then is she worthy of societies praise and respect.
Hence, women who aren't modest are not respected by society and are judged to have fallen below the unattainable level of perfection the "Virgin" Mary set (or rather the level of perfection that the MEN who wrote the Bible set).
So women are basically set up to fail and no matter what will always be judged as not worthy. You'll always be too fat or too thin, too nice/timid or too aggressive, not intelligent enough or (God forbid) far too intelligent for your own good. Skirt very long? Well, you're probably frigid - skirt very short, you're probably a slut that's up for it. Fact is the very foundation that society is built on is sexist so therefore the workings of industry and government, business and the justice system within it are all inherently sexist and women being judged based upon what they wear is just the tip.
I'm a relatively inexperienced guy regarding my life experience and I never used to think that there was a patriarchal system that actively inhibited women, but as I grow older and a little wiser, day by day I see it in full effect.