> Women had less rights for a long time There were much more clearly defined gender roles but this wasn't the same as fewer rights. For example lots of people

> Women had less rights for a long time There were much more clearly defined gender roles but this wasn't the same as fewer rights. For example lots of people claim that in the past men all had the vote and no women did, in reality the franchise in the past was mostly determined by land ownership and similar. Lots of men also didn't have it. One obvious right women had in the past that men did not was the right to not be drafted into the army.