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How does denying women the right to vote alter the concept of "consent of the governed"?​

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"Consent of the govenered" implies that all that are governed (Citizens) have the right to consent (Vote). To deny women the right to vote is denying a citizen, who is being governed, the right to consent to what the government does.

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