TBF she didn’t have all that much say over the government. Britain wasn’t an absolute monarchy.
PLUS: a significant amount of that land had been conquered before her time
Spaniardman40 on
People act like Cleopatra’s existance didn’t indirectly lead to the fall of the Roman Republic and birth of its imperial rule lmao
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LordKristof on
Ahh….yes the figurehead queen who was the epitome of how shouldn’t behave a woman in the Victorian era.
nonlawyer on
Men haven’t started all historical wars, but I’m confident that it’s exclusively men reposting different versions of this same shitty strawman meme every weekÂ
Technically, it was her grandsons that started WWI…
xander012 on
Monarch during the “century of peace”
spinosaurs70 on
Queen Victoria was an imperialist, but basically, all of this was the British government, especially under the Disraeli IIRC.
Radiant_Isopod2018 on
Men fight for resources to provide for their women, these resources/land don’t fall from the sky. This is a misandrist talking point to shit on the comfortable first world that men have provided for women.
hollylettuce on
the Uk was a democracy in the 1800s.
Glad-Art-8429 on
You go get them queen!
tomtheconqerur on
A large amount of human history is a result of a woman moment.
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TBF she didn’t have all that much say over the government. Britain wasn’t an absolute monarchy.
PLUS: a significant amount of that land had been conquered before her time
People act like Cleopatra’s existance didn’t indirectly lead to the fall of the Roman Republic and birth of its imperial rule lmao
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Ahh….yes the figurehead queen who was the epitome of how shouldn’t behave a woman in the Victorian era.
Men haven’t started all historical wars, but I’m confident that it’s exclusively men reposting different versions of this same shitty strawman meme every weekÂ
[https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_WP_2019120.pdf](https://bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/uploads/BFI_WP_2019120.pdf)
A very interesting study, take a look
Technically, European queens were 27% more likely to start wars then the kings. So OP is actually correct here.
https://qz.com/967895/throughout-history-women-rulers-were-more-likely-to-wage-war-than-men
Technically, it was her grandsons that started WWI…
Monarch during the “century of peace”
Queen Victoria was an imperialist, but basically, all of this was the British government, especially under the Disraeli IIRC.
Men fight for resources to provide for their women, these resources/land don’t fall from the sky. This is a misandrist talking point to shit on the comfortable first world that men have provided for women.
the Uk was a democracy in the 1800s.
You go get them queen!
A large amount of human history is a result of a woman moment.