Are women being the "moral compass" we need to be?

Recently, I heard a wise man warn that "if the world loses the moral rectitude of its women, the world will never recover."* I can't get these words out of my mind today. 

He stated that though men are also responsible to choose the good, women have always "been blessed with a unique moral compass--the ability to distinguish right from wrong... to discern truth from error, to be society's guardians of morality". 

Are righteous women really so important to the survival of society? This question has made me think about women's role in the settling of the American West. On the whole, it was good women who tamed the "Wild