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Originally Posted by Jimjam
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Only half?
For most of history basically everyone has been property. Slowly more people became land owners (mainly men) which granted them a degree of self determination (and political rights).
People talk about how raw deal women got, but it was only a very narrow period where non-land owning men had any significant political or social power before female entitlements also began to arise.
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I'm no expert on early human societies or anything, but I'm pretty sure even peasant men had some serious power disparities over peasant women.
But, I mean, you are right: human history is the story of more and more people being enfranchised over time, and that includes both men and women. I just think it's more than a little naive to argue that the two have been progressing at the same rate when there is a wealth of historical knowledge to the contrary.