What are the arguments for and against allowing women to vote?

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[–]Theo_Fridall 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

For: all citizens should have a say in how government functions.

Against: Women *may tend to vote as protectees (as if electing a father or husband) or as protectors (as if electing a mother). In either case, the result is larger, more intrusive government.

Side note: I recently realize that Prohibition (18th Amendment) came before Women's Suffrage (20th Amendment). I had always assumed it was the other way around.

Edited for dickheads.

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That's not what "protectee" and "protector" mean. And I'd like a source for this interpretation of "women's behaviour".

[–]Theo_Fridall 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I never said it was a source. OP asked for 'arguments for and against'. I proposed one of each in under 3 minutes. It's not a dissertation.

Feel free to refute, discuss, or dismiss. I don't really care.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I never said you said it was a source. I asked for a source for your claim because I was interested. Judging by your subsequent behaviour, I assume that it's just based on stereotype and has little to no grounding in reality – whether it is true or not is irrespective of whether or not you've said it, because it being true isn't likely to have increased the chances of you having said it.