Women suffrage movements fought for decades for the right to vote and to be considered political equals among men in the realm of voting. Women viewed democracy as gender equality persisting in the political electoral process. However, men had other views. Democracy could be established once the majority of adults (which would be males most likely) had the right to vote. It viewed the term universal suffrage as majority suffrage which discriminated against women. As if feminists didn’t have enough on their plate trying to gain gender equality in the workforce, and at home; they were now being discriminated against in the waves of democratization. Democracy which is built on terms such as freedom and equality, could persist without women’s participation and contestation in the electoral process. Thus Paxton and Doorensplet advocate for the reassessment of demcoratization dates and waves to account for womens suffrage.