Do you realise that there were extended periods during women's campaign for the vote when people were arguing in similar ways to those you do, above?
(Many of the arguments overlap so closely that you could mix and match these in a variety of different ways to those I choose below).
1) Women campaigning for this are obstrusive and obstreperous
"endless opportunities... literally [sic] everywhere... complain incessantly"
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
"All evidence proves that the adoption of woman suffrage brings into evidence the bold, obtrusive woman whose conduct cheapens the sex and deprives all women of a portion of the chivalry and respect which are their birthright."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
2) We can safely assume on an anecdotal basis that it isn't of serious concern to the majority - and this is, itself, evidence of its relative unimportance.
"Australian people... don't care enough to turn it into an electoral issue."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
"The majority of the electors opposed to woman suffrage are less zealous on the subject and less certain to register their votes."
"The fact is that the agitation for woman suffrage is carried on by a small minority of the women of the State, who make up in activity what they lack in numbers."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
3) To build on the above, even more significantly, not all women want this!
"Younger women tend to be less concerned about private women's spaces than older people. In other words, you don't speak for all women so stop pretending you do."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
"Let any man ask the women of his acquaintance, and particularly the women who are doing woman's work in the world, the women whom he most respects, and he can satisfy himself as to whether women want the right to vote."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
4) As such, it's unnecessary to democracy, and even arguably undemocratic
"While equality is a fundamental value, individuals being individuals vary on how the 'rules' should structured."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
There is a suggestion in the argument presented by the advocates of this amendment that in the absence of woman suffrage democracy is a failure. No American woman with a proper pride in the history of her country would advance this contention.
and
"Conferring suffrage upon the women who claim it would impose suffrage upon the many women who neither desire it as a privilege nor regard it their duty to seek it."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
5) In any case, immediate economic priorities are naturally of greater significance than more abstract issues of this kind
"Why people may prioritise economic concerns over cultural ones might be because of the consequential impact."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
"It is better for the community that they devote their energies to the more efficient performance of their present work than divert them to new fields of activity."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
6) Therefore, if women's concerns and arguments were truly authentic, they would focus on the greater good
"If you were at all serious about fairness in women's sports access you'd be more concerned about the real barriers like socio economic factors rather than the inconsequential."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
She has done her part in the home and not on the hustings, and her power for good is the greater because she has been content to be a woman and has not striven to be an imitation man.
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
7) After all, it just doesn't have any meaningful day-to-day impact on most women anyway
"I think it is more a reflection on how much this affects a person's life. For the vast majority of women, it is not a day-to-day issue they have to deal with."
"It's not an issue that has any real world consequences on most people"
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 2026)
"Because the women not so represented suffer no practical injustice which giving the suffrage will remedy."
(on women's fight for the right to distinguish themselves as a distinct political demographic, 1912)
I think these parallels are telling, in multiple ways. Plus ça change, eh?
But the main point is, the above were seen as good arguments back then, just as they can be now. And I do see why - people struggle with going against deeply-ingrained beliefs about relative worth, and with prioritising the long-term abstract issues over the immediate concrete ones etc. I mean, it's true, isn't it? The average woman wasn't necessarily immediately and measurably disadvantaged on a day-to-day basis by not enjoying the vote.
However, that didn't mean she didn't need and deserve it, did it? And it didn't stop society coming round to the idea so absolutely that, in the west at least, the above arguments in this context are now seen as patently absurd and offensive.
Really, then, all that these arguments show is how deep and enduring misogyny is.
And in this respect, as with so many TRA arguments, they're actually arguments for women continuing to fight the good fight.