Calvin pursed his lips. He was frustrated by this response and showed it. She was being flippant, but he supposed she didn't care how she came across, because she was never going to run for re-election and so wasn't courting his vote. Her husband would have at least pretended to care about the concern he'd raised, probably... though he'd never talked to the Minister, so he was speculating there. It seemed like something a politician would do, pretend to care for the length of the conversation just to leave someone with a good taste in their mouth when they walked away. Still, annoyed as he was by her non-answer, he wasn't inclined to pick a fight with the Minister of Magic's wife in the Atrium, in front of a crowd of reporters and supporters.

(Though Tess Whitby might appreciate if he did, he considered, and he knew Saffron cared terribly about her oldest sister's opinions when it came to the world and the people in it).

"For women with less supportive parents," he pointed out, quietly enough that it was almost beneath his breath, "There's no path to suffrage, even if they want it." Some women didn't have the chance at a career; they might be married off straight from Hogwarts, or even removed in favor of finishing school before they received the OWLs or NEWTs they would need to get a career of their own. And once they were married... well, most women wouldn't own property while their husbands were alive, so there went all their chances of participating in democracy.

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