Life up until about the 1950s was sh*t for about 95% of the population. There were a very privileged few who had a life of high quality.
Whether it was a privilege or not, it was a system where men had power over women. That was what the word meant.
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I think I'd rather have been one of the wives in the king's harem!
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Being a nun was a good life. Not getting pregnant. Enough food.
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That's true. I wonder what the average life span was for a nun (or a monk). Surely longer?
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Yes! Usually.
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