I support gender equality but doesn’t the fact that women have been oppressed throughout history suggests they are the weaker sex?

As a woman myself, I am not saying this to offend any woman.
I am only objectively trying to analyze why women have always been the” victim “ of oppression and suffering across the globe.
I mean doesn’t the fact that we had/ have to fight so hard for our rights from east to west indicate that we have less influence than men or that it’s a man’s world?

Please comment objectively