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TIL that in 1968, Liechtenstein held a referendum on women's suffrage where both men and women were allowed to vote. Despite this, the No-side won with 56.3% of the total and 49.5% of the women vote (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 10 months ago by garfaagel@sh.itjust.works to c/til@lemmy.ca

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Women's suffrage would not be introduced in Liechtenstein until 1984.

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[–] nix@merv.news 23 points 10 months ago (14 children)

How many women voted while accompanied by their husband though. I feel like a lot of them could have voted no under pressure

[–] HomebrewHedonist@lemmy.ca 20 points 10 months ago

Misogyny becomes so normalized and institutionalized in a culture that even women sometimes do things and vote against their own best interests. It wouldn't surprise me if there were a surprisingly high number of women who voted no.

Case in point, how many Christian conservative women vote against a women's right to chose whether to carry a child to full term?

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