An equally striking effect of the campaign for reformation was that even the prosecution of common whores and brothel-keepers became controversial. In 1700 no one thought that such criminals were beyond punishment, and the reform societies were able to proceed vigorously against them. Yet though in the short term their tactics were remarkably successful, they […]
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The Role of Stress
You know what it feels like to be stressed. Whether it’s from the upcoming exam in this course, the traffic jam you sat in on your way home yesterday, or the demands your children place on you, stress Longevity, Health, and Functioning 119 seems to be everywhere. There is plenty of scientific evidence that over […]
Wasn’t polygyny an example of women as men’s property?
In no country at no period of time, were women safe from… the insistence that their bodies existed only in relation to man, for his pleasure and progeny The Women’s History of the World46 Academic feminism often equates mistresses, concubines, and polygyny* (a man having more than one wife) with male dominance. Once we understand […]
Why premarital sex, sexual freedom, and homosexuality were condemned
Premarital sex and sexual freedom were condemned because the children they led to had no way of being protected. Masturbation, homosexuality, and sodomy (as in anal sex, oral sex, or sex with animals) were also condemned because none of them even led to children. •Scholars who contend the daughters were hopeless sinners do so on […]