That's not how things ever were. Both men and women had rights and authorities as their responsibilities demanded. Women had fewer responsibilities, so they naturally had fewer rights and authorities. The vast majority of women were opposed to suffrage because they didn't want the responsibilities that came with it. That all changed when feminists were able to get the vote without the responsibilities it carried, and it's all downhill from there.

It's even worse than that. They lost to an under-15 boys team, a random under-15 boys team