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Politics was not considered to be women's business. In most societies in the world, politics has always been predominantly a masculine business. The ancient Greeks, who invented democracy, did not allow women to vote, and only a limited number of men could vote, free citizens. Slaves and freedmen could not vote either. Aristotle thought that slaves and women were naturally inferior and fit only to be ruled by men, and probably a lot of ancient Greeks agreed with him. In European countries that adopted a democratic form of government, none allowed women to vote, and in many countries the franchise was very limited even for men. Most British men did not get the vote until the 1860s for instance, at the time of the American Revolution, only one British man in twenty had the vote. When the declaration of Independence was drawn up, few people took seriously the idea of including women in it.