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Originally Posted by AOII Angel
I agree, but I also think that many people tend to ignore the effects of sexism as if giving women the right to vote suddenly made everything equal. (yes, I realize you could put in any minority group, but since women aren't really a minority, they just aren't in power, they get ignored.)
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That's why women are a minority group. Minority status is more about power dynamics than about population size.
Minority groups tend to try to convince and justify things to people who disagree or may be unaware, including members of the minority group.