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There was no large change in the composition of Spain's security services during the 1980s. Because of the lack of a purge, many of those who had been involved in the arrest and torture of female ETA activists remained in place well into the 1980s. [37] In the early 1980s, 8% of ETA militants in Spanish prisons were women. [80]
In education, women were rapidly achieving parity with men, at least statistically. In 1983, approximately 46 percent of Spain's university enrollment was female, the thirty-first highest percentage in the world, and comparable to most other European countries. [1] During Franco's years, Spanish law discriminated strongly against married women.
The status of women in Spain has evolved from the country's earliest history, culture, and social norms. Throughout the late 20th century, Spain has undergone a transition from Francoist Spain (1939-1975), during which women's rights were severely restricted, to a democratic society where gender equality is a fundamental principle.
Guardianship in Francoist Spain (1939-1975) and the democratic transition (1975-1985) was a system which provided husbands and fathers with tremendous legal control over women. Male members of the family were able to transfer legal control of their daughters over to the state.
Because abortion was illegal in Spain, during the 1970s, Spanish women who could afford it went to London to get abortions. In 1974, 2,863 Spanish women had abortions in London. In 1975, 4,230 Spanish women had abortions in London. In the a four-month period in 1976, 2,726 Spanish women went to London for abortions.
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Women in prison during the Francoist period continued to have their heads shaved as a way of denying their womanhood. [10] Women in Francoist Spain were sometimes subject to forced abortions. [7] The regime claimed that if a woman had an orgasm; it was an insult to her husband. [37]