Astrology was a ancient religion. When men did not understand nature, they attributed gods to things they saw, particularly in nature and in the sky. As they studied the sky, they began to see that things repeated after variously time periods. They then began to be able to predict eclipses, which scared people greatly. These observations were the foundation for the develpment of astronomy, but astronomy is a science, not a religion.
Astrobiology is the study of the possibility of life other than on the earth.
For example, we think there may have been life on Mars or even Europa at some time. How many men do you work with. There are still only about one woman in astronomy for every five men but women are obtaining much more influential posisitions than they had fifty years ago. Women have always been attracted to astronomy and have made major contributions from the time of the Egyptians to the present. I think that for the most part, women are respected in astronomy today.