antisuffrage
Opposing voting rights
Antisuffrage describes opposition to extending voting rights, particularly to women.
The term appears most often in historical contexts referring to the movement against women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: antisuffrage pamphlets, antisuffrage societies.
Those who held such views were antisuffragists.
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
conformity · elitism · classism · aristocracy · natural order · social order · divine order · hierarchy
Constitutional provision enfranchising women
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- abolitionistsThose opposing human bondage
- progressivismPhilosophy advocating societal reform
enfranchisement · disenfranchisement · reconstruction · emancipation · petitions · lobbying · activism · amendments
Male-dominated social order
- domesticityLife centered around home
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- subordinationLower position in hierarchy
- paternalismControlling others for their good
male chauvinism · misogyny · sexism · maternity · chastity · obedience · true womanhood · feminine virtue
Capacity to withstand force
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- naysayersThose who dismiss ideas
dissenters · reactionaries · veto · blockade · impediment · refusal · standstill · antis
Tactics discouraging ballot access
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- literacy testAssessment of reading ability
- grandfather clauseExemption preserving prior status
- disfranchisementRemoval of voting privileges
conservatism
Preference for existing institutions
- traditionalismAdherence to inherited customs
- status quoExisting condition of affairs
- reactionaryAnti-progress political stance
orthodoxy · conformity · elitism · classism · aristocracy · natural order · social order · divine order · hierarchy · privilege
nineteenth amendment
Constitutional provision enfranchising women
- temperanceHabitual moderation in behavior
- prohibitionAuthoritative legal ban
- abolitionistsThose opposing human bondage
progressivism · enfranchisement · disenfranchisement · reconstruction · emancipation · petitions · lobbying · activism · amendments · legislation
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- domesticityLife centered around home
- gender rolesExpected behaviors by sex
- subordinationLower position in hierarchy
paternalism · male chauvinism · misogyny · sexism · maternity · chastity · obedience · true womanhood · feminine virtue · homemaker
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- backlashStrong negative reaction
- obstructionSomething blocking the way
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
naysayers · dissenters · reactionaries · veto · blockade · impediment · refusal · standstill · antis · counterpetitions
voter suppression
Tactics discouraging ballot access
- poll taxPer-person voting charge
- literacy testAssessment of reading ability
- grandfather clauseExemption preserving prior status
disfranchisement · electoral manipulation · gerrymandering · coverture
antisuffragesuffragist
Voting rights advocate
suffragism · suffragette · enfranchisement · suffrage · women's suffrage movement