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Alison Smaalders

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Whole swathes of their gender relations, good and ill, are based around this idea! One of the handful of reasons a woman could get a civil divorce was impotence, and it wasn't just about children- it was considered a man's duty to please his wife (so she wouldn't go seeking satisfaction elsewhere).

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Oh thats interesting, anything particular you could recommend to read up on that

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