Francisco Franco's national Catholic dictatorship, which required women to seek permission for basic activities like travel and banking, lasted 36 years until his death in 1975.
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Lane Greene opens by reframing the public outrage at Rubiales as actually good news: it demonstrates how profoundly Spanish society has changed [2] — Lane Greene "Under Franco, Spanish women needed permission to travel, open bank accounts, or live independently. When he died in 1975, decades of suppre…" 16:45 . Under Franco, whose dictatorship lasted 36 years until 1975, women needed permission to travel, open bank accounts, or live independently [1] — Lane Greene "Franco dictatorship lasted 36 years: Francisco Franco's national Catholic dictatorship, which required women to seek permission for basic a…" 16:50 . After his death, suppressed freedoms burst out in what Greene calls 'a cork coming out of a bottle' — a rapid explosion of sexual liberation and feminist consciousness in the 1980s. Today, Spain's government has 13 female ministers out of 24, holding powerful portfolios like Defense, Finance, and Economy — not just the traditional 'soft' roles like culture. Spain's first three deputy prime ministers have all been women. Greene stresses that outsiders tend to imagine Spain in old Southern European terms, but residents see a country more like Scandinavia on gender equality than like its Francoist past. The remaining gap, he notes, is in elite sport and corporate leadership — precisely the arena where the Rubiales scandal erupted.
Under Franco, Spanish women needed permission to travel, open bank accounts, or live independently. When he died in 1975, decades of suppression burst out in what Lane Greene calls 'a cork coming out of a bottle' — a rapid feminist revolution that made Spain more like Scandinavia than its own recent past.
Spain's current government cabinet is more than half female, with women holding the most powerful ministries including Economy, Finance, Defense, Industry, and Labor.
Spain's current government has 13 female ministers out of 24 — and they're not holding the traditional 'soft' portfolios like culture. They hold Defense, Finance, Economy, and Labor. Plus, Spain's first three deputy prime ministers were all women.
Spain has 13 female ministers out of 24 total, including holders of traditionally male-dominated portfolios like Defense and Finance.
Despite having more than half of its cabinet as women and three consecutive female deputy prime ministers, Spain has never had a woman as prime minister.
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