What 'prophet' of 'God', or in the case of Islam, Baal the Meccan moon deity; does not have a harem? What speaker of morality, ethics and immaterial spirituality does not cover himself in the flesh of many women, as well as in gold and silver ? Mein Koran makes it very clear that women are the property of men [see here]. Sura 2, the longest chapter is full of misogyny and the demand that men control women.
The reason is Muhammad's own life and his own debauched existence. He acted as if female ownership by men, truly was a revelatory 'fact' given to him by Baal. It was simply part of Arab-Meccan culture of course, enshrined as 'divine' by a lustful, sex-addled luxuriant posing as a man of religiosity. Sadly, since Moslems must believe that Muhammad is mankind's ultimate example, it only stands to reason that viewing females as flesh toys for men, inferior, subservient and of no real value will permeate the Moslem cult.
This is why more than half of Moslem women are illiterate, 10.000 daughters are slaughtered each year, wife-beating is common, and women in Moslem countries have limited rights to private assets, transport, or any action independent of men [a trenchant critique is summarize in now-atheist Hirsi Ali's book, Nomad]. Hence the bed sheets pious Moslem females must wear, in order to denote their chattel status, now wafting and on parade throughout the Western world – a sure sign of imperialism if there was one.
Ali Dashti, a noted Moslem 'scholar', [or science fiction writer, which in regards to Islam, would be the same thing]; lists what are in his view, Muhammad's wives, as backed up by Mein Koran, Mein Hadith and Mein Sira. Other investigations have identified 2-3 more wives, or sex-slaves, but in any event 22 is quite enough to drive home the main point that women are merely tools to be used by Moslem men for various purposes:
Khadija
Sawda
Aesha [had sex with Muhammad at the age of 9, was betrothed to him at age 6]
Omm Salama
Hafsa
Zaynab of Jahsh
Jowayriya
Omm Habiba
Safiya [a Jewish princess, taken and raped by Muhammad on the same day the Moslems attacked her village and killed her husband, father and brothers, noted for her great beauty].
Maymuna
Fatema
Hend
Asma of Saba
Zaynab of Khozayma
Habla
Asma of Noman
Mary the Christian [purportedly Muhammad's favorite concubine, which caused political problems of jealously within the harem as reported in Mein Koran]
Rayhana
Omm Sharik
Maymuna not of Hareth
Zaynab [#3]
Khawla
Numbers 17 and 18 were according to Dashti, concubines. The last 4 were women who for some reason just joined the harem out of their great love for the Arab Fuehrer. The first 16 are considered to be officially the wives of Muhammad, and many of these women are mentioned in Moslem sources, including passing through a marriage ceremony.
If your leader and prophet had 16 wives, 2 sex slaves, and 4 other concubines, was deemed 'holy' and grand; and was the torch bearer of the 'true religion'; what then might your attitude to women be ? One reason why Islam is a gigantic failure is its attitude and even hatred of the female. Obey Mein Koran. Serve the man. Ask for his approval on everything. Allow him as many wives or sex-slaves as he likes.
Curiously Muhammad in Mein Koran only allows the average Moslem male 4 wives or sex slaves. Of course he could have whatever number he desired. It is rather curious that fascisms always speak in such a manner. Restrictions for the acolytes and cult members. Illimitable freedoms and prerogative for the leadership.