How far do you agree that traditional gender roles are a thing of the past? [HUIJUN]

Traditional gender roles may be a thing of the past because, not only men but women are able to access some form of education. In recent years, the number of young Iranian women admitted to university rose dramatically, making up to more than 60 percent of the university entrants. The opportunities for women education and their involvement in higher education has grown exponentially after the Iranian Revolution. This suggests that traditional gender roles, which previously limits the amount of education received by women, is a thing of the past.
However, there are still societies whose cultures do not allow women to have an education. Women's education has been severely compromised in Afghanistan as a resurgent Taliban has practised a policy of intimidation of female students. Women, who make up a significant proportion of Afghanistan's population, have been killed, burned and threatened for attending school. Many female teachers have been executed in remote villages by the Taliban during the latest resurgence in 2009. Even today, women in countries like these are obliged to follow the traditional gender role borned in them. Thus, this suggests that traditional gender roles are not a thing of the past.