It's also true that life was bad for almost everyone for most of history.
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It's a generalisation of a complex situation over a long period of time. A balance between wealth, power, freedom, health. Or lack thereof
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Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1 @BristolBen and
Both genders have always had their advantages and disadvantages.
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Replying to @ReginaD83 @TamaraBrouwer1 and
Indeed. A common error is to see them from our current 21st century perspective. In a world before contraception, social services, ->
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Replying to @BristolBen @ReginaD83 and
retirement funds, healthcare, unemployment benefits, running water, electricity, etc, what we perceive as a disadvantage today may well>
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be a necessity, or even a benefit, back then and advantages can suddenly become overbearing obligations.
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Replying to @BristolBen @TamaraBrouwer1 and
Like men bearing the entire financial burden for a family.
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Replying to @ReginaD83 @TamaraBrouwer1 and
Division of labour was a necessity. A women might spend 20 years in & out of pregrancy for only 2 of her children to survive into adulthood
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Replying to @BristolBen @ReginaD83 and
If she made it through those 15 pregnancies. Men died outside. Women died inside.
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Replying to @TamaraBrouwer1 @ReginaD83 and
Yep! It was tough in those days. Cemeteries filled will children and young men and women.
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Parents actually tried not to get attached to their children. That's always struck me as the most horrendous thing.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @BristolBen and
...Yes...Understandable. You'd go insane otherwise.
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