No, men have given some of their rights to women only in the last hundred years, before that women's role was only childbearing and homemaking.
Men have always given women their liberties, the world has always been a Patriarchy, always will be.
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To clarify, Men have always been the ones in charge of allowing Women's Liberties, Women are allowed to have Liberties because of Good Men.
I disagree with you, throughout history good men who believed in women's freedoms have always been in the minority. Women's freedoms have been the result of women's own efforts.