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 @Brunswick You think women shouldn’t have the right to vote?  
 Yes. Radical, I know, as a former male feminist it has taken many decades to formulate a whole opinion on the topic. I believe in equal opportunity for women, but not equal outcome. Nobody protects women better than men, but only up until women begin demanding to be treated as equals but without the agency. The purpose of voting is to control the beast that wields the force of death, and when women are permitted to decide the fate of men and of men's labor they also must be both liable and able to put their lives and blood equally on the line. There is a physical limitation on women that prevents them from being able to equally perform on the battlefield and in the market; and if they could, the desire of men to defend the society they stand in front of also dies. Women have a gigantic benefit and honorable role as female humans, and their desire should be focused on being women rather than replacing men.