Why did men have a high status in ancient India?

There is a widespread phenomenon in India that men are superior to women.

In most parts of India, most families want to have a boy, and girls are often regarded as the burden of the family, so they tend to favor boys. Over time, men will look down on women and think they are noble, which will eventually lead to low status for women and high status for men.

In India, a traditional society, men are regarded as a group with innate physical strength and productivity and occupy a dominant position in the economy. In rural India, the situation that men are superior to women is very serious. Women are regarded as accessories of men, and religion directly drives men's preference for men over women.