On 10/30/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jim D. asks:
>I was asking _why_ Swiss sexism succeeds so severely.
>> > is there a Swiss in the house? is anyone an expert on that country?
[i.e. Swiss national suffrage came only in 1971; in the cantons voting
rights came in the '50s and '60s]
I don't think you will find major (or even interesting) "structural"
reasons.
<snip>
There are of course some historical factors. Above all, wars played a big
role in accelerating the gender changes in Europe and Switzerland escaped
them.
<snip>
In neighboring Liechtenstein women could not vote until 1984.
Very interesting.
Two of the Anglo settler colonies were among the earliest to grant
women suffrage.
1893: New Zealand (the first country in the world to grant women the
equal right to vote)
1901: Australia
Did the male power elite in these two countries have demographic
concerns or other reasons that gave women there an edge?
On 10/30/06, Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[BTW, previously, the French left did not support women's
suffrage because it was felt they would vote conservative.
Nowadays, it's more common for women to be thought of as "naturally"
being on the Left, and it is to a large extent true in the USA, but,
earlier in history, it seems that women were considered to be
"naturally" conservative, "naturally" more religious, etc. including
by leftists.
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