All over the world, male-dominated societies tend to be war dominated societies. They're also religion-obsessed societies.
Fundamentalism--in Muslim, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, or any other guise--has nothing to do with religion. The primary distinction between fundamentalists and all other religious groups is their attitude toward women. For the fundamentalist, women are inferior creatures who should be rigidly controlled and prevented as much as possible from exercising free will. Fundamentalists are anti-choice of any kind.
There are, of course, other fundamentalist characteristics: bigotry, xenophobia, closed-mindedness, arrogance, and imperviousness to reason. Sounds like the Marine Corp/N.R.A./Taliban/S.B.C. mentality doesn’t it?
The foundation of all repressive religions and authoritarian governments the world over and throughout history has been to take away women's freedom. The essential, bedrock premise of all fundamentalist religions is that women should not be able to choose: how they look, what they wear, who they marry, whether they conceive, how they spend their time, what activities or careers they pursue. All fundamentalist religions and authoritarian societies on our planet rest on this single foundation: the control and restriction of women's freedom to make choices about their lives. Will America continue to progress in this area or will the fundamentalists take control once again? Our right-wing religions and political party’s will decide.