Civilization 2 Wonder Women's Suffrage

[MarciCow]

Civ2: Strong contender to Most Addicting Game Ever.

A great wonder to have if you planned to win by conquest.

[TigerVIIAustB]

ББПЕ!Русские поймут.

[KrakenRouge]

I like this wonder, and I liked building, I felt it made my civ really progressive. God bless the women who fought for their right to vote.

[kacknoobdeluxe]

"Counts as a Night Club in each of your cities"

^_^

[kacknoobdeluxe]

"Counts as a Night Club in each of your cities"

^_^

[drnachos]

Woman should'ent be voting they should be in the kitchen

[Kizor]

This makes a strange kind of sense. Again, police stations in Civ 2 decrease the unrest caused by military deployment. Modern world wars create and vacate a great many jobs in traditionally male fields, while simultaneously causing a scarcity of able-bodied men. Those jobs are going to be done by women, and if the pre-war society had strong gender division, those women are going to Get Ideas.

But this is speculation. I don't actually know what WWI did for the womens' vote.

[Alathaea]

@Kizor Well, in the UK it was the second world war in particular that cemented women's rights to employment on equal terms with men. We gave women the right to vote completely equally in 1928 (though there was limited suffrage up until then) but it was the Second World War that saw women working as firefighters, policewomen, in the air force, etc. After that society could hardly call women incapable =p

[Kizor]

@Alathaea That fits. Thanks for the info!

(And sorry for using "vacate" and "scarcity" in YouTube comments. That's just plain pretentious.)

[woodwyrm]

suddenly POLICE STATIONS! EVERYWHERE!

Hoogstaaf: female police keeping the peace on the streets?

also: this is made funnay with todays option(2011-04-01)!

[SpookyJohnathan]

I liked the part where the womenz got the right to vote and the funny music played.

[MJ0428]

I loved it when I saw that Nun up there Lol, and when the lady with the mustache voted and the guy was like "Ok...Normal Day" LOL ;)

[chabi3000]

For me this is no wonder for me this is an abomination !

[MrFarmer110]

I almost always built this wonder. Just for this song. This is the game that got me hooked on the Civilization series. All thanks to my local library!

[richardsbrandonuca]

It is forgotten that many men did not have the vote either. Some facts:-

Reform Act 1832:- Resulted in 15% of males having the vote.

Representation of the People Act 1884:- Increased suffrage but 40% of males still could not vote.

Representation of the People Act 1918:- Universal suffrage for males over 21 females over 30.

Representation of the People Act 1928 - Universal suffrage all over 21.

In photos the policemen arresting the suffragettes did not have the vote either.

[NKL77]

Wife = Police

OMG

[HansCent]

Brilliant Game!

[carmen510]

Wait, so what happens if your government is still Monarchy?

[TheManFromOctober]

@carmen510 Nothing, you just wasted your shields.

[kenosgr]

DOES ANYBODY KNOW THA NAME OF THIS SONG I WANT THE FULL VERSION ???

[clloki]

@kenosgr "Swinging at the Daisy Chain" by Count Basie

[Rickyballon]

So.............does this mean all those games I played where I didn't build this my civ had only men vote?

[OniLunchbox]

I don't think I ever built this one..

[woodwyrm]

FREE POLICESTATIONS

[umpisuoli87]

music is awesome..

[Stevesrssrssrs]

That is some snazzy, jazzy music, hep cats!!

[garfilo2]

this was far and away my favorite wonder. i guess i always wanted to fight that last big war as a democracy - but i'd still feel proud to have passed women's suffrage first :P

[woodwyrm]

you know its gona be a world war when any democracy in civII builds this!

[5ick1ntheH3AD]

I've forgotten what exactly a police station does in Civ II

[Brandon6542]

I might be wrong but it keeps people from being too unhappy and protesting especially during war if you have a democratic government

[Kain5th]

Yeah thats right, lock up those subversive bastards :p

j/k lol

[ottopotomas]

I love this music, but I seldom produced this wonder.

[stev2k]

there is no real song, its just an adaptation so they didnt have to pay copyright shit

[skkurek]

Swinging at the Daisy Chain by the Count Basie Orchestra

[Surax]

Does anyone know the song?

[VaeVictis06]

that second cop looks like he has a wooden face

[DocePares11]

Hilarious! Civ 2 rocks!

[gdement]

I find it funny that, in the game, an act that empowers women is counted as "A police station in each of your cities". Sid Meier must be married. :)

[JayEey]

It just means there's less civil disobedience going on, because presumably the suffragettes dont need to protest anymore.

[RogersRoyal]

It's just figuratively speaking. Since there are no more protests now from the women wanting equal rights there is less need for police to be on constant watch. so in a way it means that you now have a greater amount of police on watch due to less protests and activism keeping them busy.

While its a stretch to have it exactly the same effects as police stations being built I do see the idea behind it and it works.

The real question to ask is .. Is this really a wonder of the world? : P

[gdement]

I wasn't really analyzing it that much, but actually I don't think it makes much sense. People are always protesting something, so the civil order benefit of resolving any particular issue would be rather temporary. Also, the first major issue passed as a result of women voters (in the US anyway) was prohibition of alcohol - not something that helped law and order. So I don't really agree with the game's handling, but there's lots of wonders in the game whose benefits are more odd.

[VaeVictis06]

It has to do with the early 20th century Progressive movement (of which women played a huge role) and its emphasis on correcting the individual--think Prohibition, prison reform, drug laws etc...

[Hoogstaaf]

No, a police station in Civ 2 decreases unhappiness caused by units away from cities.

So if people are allowed to vote they won't be as upset when their families are split up to go to war.

[Nachulez]

muoahahahahahahah

You are so right !!!

[DSXmachine]

@gdement LMAO!!!!

[masamwne89]

I really like this song. Does anybody know which is the version that is playing?

[carmen510]

I love the look on the second 'Bobby' on the first clip for some reason. :D

[Kizor]

If I was looking for a really, really weird hobby, I'd get a scrapbook and start collecting the faces of flummoxed bystanders in pictures of historical events.

[AlganonAU]

A great video with great music from a great game! Sid Meier's Civilization 2.

[Fatonix]

could someone tell me who the woman that the policemen hold is?? (if you have played outlaws-lucasarts) i believe it's Bloody Mary Nash, but there is no such name in wikipedia

[smismo]

I loved this video... Thank you so much

[GassalascaJape]

Thank you most exuberantly.

[OrchidRighteous]

It's Swingin' at the Daisy Chain by Count Basie

[GassalascaJape]

Can anyone pleas tell me what tune this is? I think it's

something by Count Basie but I don't know the name of the song.

[carmen510]

Shouldn't have women gotten basic rights (Like equal pay) before suffrage? And its ironic that blacks were allowed to vote in Reconstruction, but couldn't after federal troops were pulled out by Benjamin Harrison. They couldn't vote freely again until the 1960s.

[ValeriePuma]

carmen510....here we go with the black people thing again. This video is about WOMENS SUFFRAGE yet people go omfg what about the blacks!

WHO CARES ABOUT THE BLACKS....dear God like any 'white' people responsible for that are still alive.

[carmen510]

I've reformed my views via reading some more materials. You may now blast that old comment to hell.

[okonogiyuko]

Nah. Stick to your guns, carmen.

[jbgood3]

In the UK sufragettes were campaigning for votes for women only. Before The Representation of the People Act 1918 ordinary men did not have a vote either. During WW1 (1914-18)Sufragettes suspended their demands and gave out white feathers (indicates cowardice)to young men instead. Go figure!