When did women's rights cease to be human rights?

Meet the Press - August 21, 2005

MR. GERECHT: Actually, I'm not terribly worried about this. ... If Iraqis could develop a democracy that resembled America in the 1900s, I think we'd all be thrilled. I mean, women's social rights are not critical to the evolution of democracy. We hope they're there. I think they will be there. But I think we need to put this into perspective.

"women's social rights are not critical to the evolution of democracy"

What does he think women are? Housepets?