on 21/6/2018, 0:34:26, in reply to "Re: BBC:Sultan of Yogyakarta: A feminist revolution in an ancient kingdom"
Whatever the motive, the result is opening up the system for other female monarchs in the future. (Obviously hereditary succession can never be truly equal.) 
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I wonder if it is about gender equality, or if it is just that the Sultan wants his daughter rather than one of his brothers to succeed him. Just as King Fernando VII of Spain changed the succession ruled so that his daughter Isabella could succeed him instead of his brother Carlos. Previous Message
Agreed. It is a remarkable sign of the progress of the idea of gender equality, which was long seen by many as exclusively "western." Previous MessagePrevious Message
A very interesting article indeed. I knew nothing about the Kingdom of Yogyakarta before reading it. But it seems that there will be difficult times when the current Sultan dies.
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