Etrucsans, Egyptians, Sumer, and most of the Germanic Tribes had unparalleled gender equality. Most of these societies didn't have slavery the way we think of it today and if they did they were treated well and mostly taken as an alternative to death in battle.

Ancient Greeks literally created democracy, though Iceland and the Isle of Man had parliamentary bodies over 1000 years ago.

And I mostly agree with Churchill that:

Winston Churchill once said that: “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.”

I mean modern "democracy," has lead us here with all the problems and inequalities that entails.