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Old 12-16-2018, 07:33   #5
Badger52
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Originally Posted by PSM View Post
I remember reading a study in the 80s that women suffrage always led to socialism. I've searched high and low for that study and can not find it anywhere. Obviously it was not being a woman that caused it but they could easily be made dependent on government for their care and the care of their children.
I recall reading something similar; can't lay mouse on it. In a traditionally patriarchal society it's an easy-peezy thing to exploit, the downtrodden, unenfranchised woman ("Hear me roar Comrade, blah"). To the true-believer Socialist this is low-hanging fruit.
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