[ben_w]

> Introduction of democracy and women’s rights in Europe are good examples.

Which is why I said “religious” and “sexual preference”.

Jews were widely discriminated against even a few years after WW2; Muslims are a current whipping-boy; I’m not sure if Catholic-vs-Protestant is as big a divide in Northern Ireland as it looks from the outside, but it does look big; In the USA, Atheists are almost as disliked as Muslims.

Then there’s sexual preference. You’re fine if you’re gay (finally!), but not so much if you’re into BDSM or have any fetishes more complicated than underwear. Also, I have a friend whose sexuality was previously legal, but which was outlawed in half of Europe and half of the USA this century. I invite you to guess what that might be.

[semperdark]

Not pedophilia, I hope? Unclear if you mean this century (2000 onwards) or the last hundred years (1918 onwards).

[ben_w]

No, and I had no even considered that as a possible misinterpretation, so thanks for checking. I mean post-2000.