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minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year ago An earlier referendum on women’s suffrage was held on 1 February 1959 and was rejected by the majority (67%) of Switzerland’s men This isn’t a myth and saying “it’s one canton” doesn’t absolve the people who voted overwhelmingly against women being able to vote. The result is right here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Swiss_referendums#:~:text=The first was held on,approved by 62%25 of voters. I just can’t figure out for the life of me why you want to defend this or keep calling it a myth.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI didn’t say anything about them being “last”. You make a lot of stuff up for someone who cares about facts.
minus-squarekilleronthecorner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI didn’t say they had anything to do with each other, I specifically used it as an example of where Swiss policy differs from international consensus, much as American policy on gun control does from the rest of the world. I accept your agreement on the other parts.
This isn’t a myth and saying “it’s one canton” doesn’t absolve the people who voted overwhelmingly against women being able to vote.
The result is right here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959_Swiss_referendums#:~:text=The first was held on,approved by 62%25 of voters.
I just can’t figure out for the life of me why you want to defend this or keep calling it a myth.
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I didn’t say anything about them being “last”. You make a lot of stuff up for someone who cares about facts.
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I didn’t say they had anything to do with each other, I specifically used it as an example of where Swiss policy differs from international consensus, much as American policy on gun control does from the rest of the world.
I accept your agreement on the other parts.