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[20thcentury]

[Idly dictated:]

Today is Women's Equality Day in America. Or at least it is in my universe; I'm not sure what the political climate is like where the rest of you lot come from.

But in 1920, on today's date, the United States finally granted women the right to vote.

[A pause.]

It's really a bit silly, dedicating a single day to 'women's equality,' isn't it? It isn't as though doing such a thing'll erase all the inequality the female sex still suffers. Not to mention it's not a day that gets a lot of attention and fanfare to begin with. I reckon most calendars don't even mark it.

Not that I hold any real stock in voting, anyway. Nor do the rest of you, from the looks of it. But I suppose I ought to be grateful for small victories in the grand scheme of things.

Comments

[heloise]

What are they allowed to vote for?

[20thcentury]

Who to represent them when it comes to deciding laws.

[heloise]

Why are they given such authority?

dictatatatated

[gevurah]

I'd say we should celebrate something anyway, but I'm gone or the next couple of weeks.

yeeeaaahh!!!

[20thcentury]

I noticed. Bring me back something, would you?

[gevurah]

If we find anything worth bringing back, sure.

dictated;

[echivoc]

You're asking too much from the residents, my dear.

dictated;

[20thcentury]

That they care about equal treatment of the sexes?

dictated forever

[echivoc]

That they care about equal treatment in general. These are the same residents who couldn't figure out how to operate while the Peace Patrol was still in existence.

[commandsthewind]

The new world has prospered far beyond my own time then... what, exactly, are they voting for?

[She has not found out about this yet. Democracy in particular is... elusive.

Though she is pleased to hear they have rights, so very pleased.]

[20thcentury]

Whatever the government poses them to vote on. Changes in the laws and things like that, though mostly it's representatives who decide that -- so mainly they're voting for their representatives.

[commandsthewind]

Their governments want them to vote? [she honestly sounds shocked.] Are these noble women? Since when did commoners have the vote?

[This probably has to be the worst way to find out democracy.]

[whatialways_do]

Voting isn't really all that big a deal when votes can be bought. I'm pretty sure elections in my time are rigged. Then again, I'm not allowed to vote, so I wouldn't be able to tell you.

[Transgenics lack a bit of legal authority. Probably because they used to run missions where political leaders didn't quite make it. Add to it the inherent political corruption of the time, and yeah. Equality in voting really doesn't matter when votes don't really count.]

Personally, where I'm from equality in jobs is placed aside in favor of actually having one. And men are always gonna be men. The question is, how do you let that work for you?

[20thcentury]

You're preaching to the choir, Max. Personally I think we'd all be better off not voting to begin with. Why support a corrupt system? But I'd rather we all had a say than some of us.

How do you mean, you're not allowed to vote?

[whatialways_do]

Transgenics don't exactly have legal standing. As far as the government's concerned, we're not real people.

[prettyknives]

Females don't suffer any inequality where I'm from.

[20thcentury]

What a world you must live in.

[prettyknives]

Mmhm.

dictated

[hvic]

... I remember that day.

dictated

[20thcentury]

I was swilling absinthe in Paris at the time, but I recall enough.

dictated

[hvic]

I was very young. But even at five years old I knew it would be something grand for us.

Dictated forever

[mal_addict]

[Uh oh, here comes Corporal Bitterness]

Women don't have equality in my country. At all. Our views are worth next to nothing.

yes excellent

[20thcentury]

Then I'm afraid you come from a fucking backwards country, starshine.

[kalinda]

It's not terribly forgotten where I come from. It's not necessarily mentioned, but you can tell its effects are there.

[20thcentury]

If women haven't lost their right to vote, then I'd say its effects are still in place, yeah.