> Do the Ferengi have an extremely male-dominant society that hides away their females to be housewives.

Basically, yes. Also, the females aren't allowed to wear clothing or engage in any profitable business activities.

There was one ep of DS9 where we got to meet Quark and Rom's mother. Of course, the reason they had to go see her was due to some horrifying rumours (that proved to be true) that she had started wearing clothes and was secretly engaging in profitable business activities.

Gri"used to be a Trekkie"shny