Chakras and veils.
After 10,000 years of history, if that doesn't trump any other servitude, I don't know what does.
Girls...ya'll gotta get a Union.
This whole thing is based on the idea that men can't control themselves and should be forgiven if they go so far as to commit rape because you haven't gone out of your way to prevent it.
It's a lot like the idea that crooked bankers ought to be forgiven because money is just to irresistible
What it all comes down to is that it's not the rules so much as it is who writes the rules.
It never, ever fails. Those who write the rules are padding their own ass. So, be vewy, vewy kehful whom you elect to write the rules. Make sure that they, at least, consider your ass, and the best way is to continually threaten them with the vote.
Might even work better if you actually get off your ass and do it; then, let 'em know how you voted.
Every single time.