because it's hypocrisy fest. The media and the people won't shut up about how women are the greatest thing since sliced bread, and yet I can't get married without my father's consent.
Unfortunately, those two attitudes are not that contradictory.
If women are considered so awesome and special, then it makes sense that men try to regulate their existence as if they were a resource.
Getting rid of the "women are special and need to be protected" attitude is rather necessary if we want women to be considered "normal humans".