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Well yiz only gave women the vote in 1971...so the reactionary backlash hasn't yet had time to work itself out.



Not exactly; in 1971, it was for one last standing half-canton. On federal level and for most other cantons, women were allowed to vote long ago.

Sadly, women rights are a recent development in many recent countries. In Spain in 1975, women weren’t allowed to open their own bank accounts, for example. There are many other sad historical examples, and modern examples too :(


>In Spain in 1975, women weren’t allowed to open their own bank accounts, for example.

Well, guess why.




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