Sticker spotted in Paris
@RadicalGraffiti Good illustration of a hip throw here. look where her right leg is; she's stepped forward during it, or this wouldn't work at all.
…Sorry, got distracted.
@[email protected] Art appears to be from the graphic novel "Suffrajitsuu", about how Miss Pankhurst's women took martial arts training. Worth reading.
@RadicalGraffiti British suffragettes were a terrorist organisation. At least 5 people died and at least 24 were injured in bomb and arson attacks. They stopped terrorist attacks with the beginning of WWI when men were drafted to war.
@[email protected] Art appears to be from the graphic novel "Suffrajitsuu", about how Miss Pankhurst's women took martial arts training. Worth reading.
@JohannWaldvogel @RadicalGraffiti well, actually ;)
it took 3 attempts to convince the men to give voting powers to women, and it succeeded half a century later than most other countries.
"just wait until we can shame the ruling class to give us voting (let alone equal) rights" only is a good strategy if you have time, lots of time, and the rest of the world has already accepted your stance as de-facto standard.
@JohannWaldvogel @RadicalGraffiti I'm sure those were not the only shenanigans, but yes, it's even worse than just the three attempts of voting.
I agree that majority vote can be a good way to slow down change in some cases, but that requires the status quo being fair. expanding civil rights to a group should always default to yes independent of what a majority of people think, especially if the excluded group has no say in the matter (currently e.g. non-cititzens).
@JohannWaldvogel @RadicalGraffiti idk, many of these hurdles seem arbitrary, military service isn't done by everyone, but taxes are paid by all (except maybe at the very top). stake in community grows also when you get to participate as equals, so that goes both ways.
Dangling rights in front of people by demanding duties seems backwards. it's not like I ever would have passed those hurdles.
rights are the properties of humans, fulfilling duties varies by different abilities.
@phatt @RadicalGraffiti Basic human rights are usually given to all humans, but for political participation there are also some (not-so-)arbitrary hurdles similar as for duties: Mentally ill, underage or convicted persons usually do not have full civil (/voting) rights.
Nation states are a bit like clubs in the way that just asking to get things will not work: You need also some investment from the inviduals beyond revolutionary outrage, petitions and demands to choose about things.
In fact, in England in 1918, wealthy women over 30 were given the right to vote as a reward for abandoning feminism in 1914 and working diligently in the war economy.