[cee_el123]

Could it have anything to do with the fact that the UK is a much older democracy ? ( the first English parliament was called in 1295 )

[kibwen]

Parliament itself is that old, but it's possible to argue that the UK didn't qualify as a democracy until the Reform Acts of the 1800s (and possible to argue against it too, of course).

[lostlogin]

Is a country a democracy if people are blocked from voting because they are female?

Obviously democracy is a sliding scale, but what was in place in the 1800s had a lot of headroom.