I would encourage people to read the full essay he wrote (http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian http://www.cato-unbound.org/2

I would encourage people to read the full essay he wrote (http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education-libertarian http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/04/13/peter-thiel/education...). Infact, this is the essay he was asked about in the Q&A. Thiel was talking about why libertarianism fell and big government grew in America. He pointed out the fact (Source: http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/250093?sid=21105913766681&uid=4&uid=3738032&uid=2 http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.1086/250093?sid=21105913766...) that since women got the vote in America the size of the government increased and became far more interventionist - both points are against libertarianism's core principles, hence women becoming franchised was a factor in the fall of libertarianism. Like any reasonable person, Peter Thiel fully supports equal rights for women. It's a shame that people misunderstood what he was trying to say.