I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN READING ABOUT THE CIVIL CODES OF THE 17TH - TopicsExpress



          

I HAVE RECENTLY BEEN READING ABOUT THE CIVIL CODES OF THE 17TH CENTURY ANGLO-SAXON WORLD (NEW ENGLAND AND BRITAIN) AND CAN NOT GET OVER THE NUMBER OF PENALTIES FOR SCOLDS AND SHREWS…UP TO AND INCLUDING THE DUCKING POND AND THE STOCKS…AT FIRST I INTERPRETED THIS AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE INSTITUTIONAL OPPRESSION OF WOMEN…THEN I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND REALIZED THAT THERE MUST HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF UNTRAMMELED SCOLDING AND SHREWISHNESS GOING ON FOR THE AUTHORITIES TO ACTUALLY PASS LAWS ABOUT IT….
Posted on: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 17:40:29 +0000

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