government, traditionally, only interfered in the lives of men as government mainly dealt with conscription and taxes - neither of which applied to women. As time moved on and governments began to interfere more and more in the lives of women, due to the growing influence of government in all our lives and increasing numbers of women paying taxes, i would have fully supported the women who petitioned for the right to vote etc. modernisation was needed in order to bring fairness.
current generation of feminists are nothing like those heroes of the past and are just bored women doing what they do best; moaning.