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This practice has systematically penalised women.
It is not so much the electorate that is to blame, but the structures of the parties themselves, which create enormous difficulties by means which are often less than legal.
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Ese sistema ha venido castigando a las mujeres.
No lo hace tanto el electorado cuanto las estructuras de los propios partidos que crean dificultades enormes por medios muchas veces poco legítimos.