I'll put it this way.  You basically said that "but for men, the world would not be as great as it is today".  That is ridiculous.  This suggests that women had nothing to do with it.  That is outrageous on many levels, and can be countered with even a basic understanding of history.

I might also suggest another angle...."but for men, this world may have been far further along".  Think of all of the deaths that have occurred over the last centuries at least in part because of so-called "masculinity" (as defined in the traditional sense). I'm not arguing this viewpoint, but if I were to I could come up with better support for this position than what you said.