• SSJMarx@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Merriam-Webster disagrees with you. People have referred to women as a political minority despite their numerical majority for a very long time.

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        3 months ago

        Are “political minority” and “minority” somehow indistinguishable? Why pretend like one automatically means the other?

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      4 months ago

      Women are undeniably a minority when it comes to being represented in politics/media in general. It’s only in recent history that women have had any meaningful presence in terms of representation in those regards.

      They’re a minority in terms of representation because of said disenfranchisement.