DYK until 20thC, a woman had to marry whomever her master—father, brother, owner—wished? A wife had to have sex when her new master/husband wished & abstain when he did or when he wished to have sex w/someone else. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory
October 10, 2026 at 3:49 PM
DYK until 20thC, a woman had to marry whomever her master—father, brother, owner—wished? A wife had to have sex when her new master/husband wished & abstain when he did or when he wished to have sex w/someone else. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory
The “divorce capital” of the U.S. moved west from Indiana to Illinois, then South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, &, finally, Nevada. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
August 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The “divorce capital” of the U.S. moved west from Indiana to Illinois, then South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, &, finally, Nevada. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
And some murdered their spouses. Many used poison. From 1825 to 1885 in France, for example, there were 2,169 cases of spousal poisoning. Police charged 916 men & 1,053 women. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
August 2, 2026 at 2:12 PM
And some murdered their spouses. Many used poison. From 1825 to 1885 in France, for example, there were 2,169 cases of spousal poisoning. Police charged 916 men & 1,053 women. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
From assets to liabilities: How marriage economics reshaped parenthood
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From assets to liabilities: How marriage economics reshaped parenthood
Why past generations preferred many children.
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From assets to liabilities: How marriage economics reshaped parenthood
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Captive.
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In 1800s, marriage meant women were just property to their husband. Property lost, rights erased, and freedom stolen. It's time we stop romanticizing the past. #marriagehistory #feministtok #womensrig...
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September 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Many became #Carribbean pirates & married each other. They called their same-sex #WeddingVows #matelotage & shared & inherited property. Many of their marriages were #MixedRace. Their shipboard democracies may have become a model for government in the colonies. #MarriageHistory
July 13, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Many became #Carribbean pirates & married each other. They called their same-sex #WeddingVows #matelotage & shared & inherited property. Many of their marriages were #MixedRace. Their shipboard democracies may have become a model for government in the colonies. #MarriageHistory
Some couldn’t even stand up during the service. By 1800, as many as one 1of 3 brides were pregnant in parts of New England. In England, it was only one out of 10 during the same period. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
#MarriageHistory
#MarriageHistory
July 4, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Some couldn’t even stand up during the service. By 1800, as many as one 1of 3 brides were pregnant in parts of New England. In England, it was only one out of 10 during the same period. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com
#MarriageHistory
#MarriageHistory
In this way, the church forced the West to find a way besides clan to organize society. But, on the other hand, 12thC, Gratian maintained that seven-year-old children could give “meaningful consent” to marriage! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
June 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
In this way, the church forced the West to find a way besides clan to organize society. But, on the other hand, 12thC, Gratian maintained that seven-year-old children could give “meaningful consent” to marriage! HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
Even after the wedding, if they had no children, they should be able to divorce easily, & they should be able to divorce if their relations soured. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
May 20, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Even after the wedding, if they had no children, they should be able to divorce easily, & they should be able to divorce if their relations soured. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
He spent a good deal of the next day kissing her. And he vowed to her that God had created him for the express purpose of being good to her. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
May 7, 2026 at 2:21 PM
He spent a good deal of the next day kissing her. And he vowed to her that God had created him for the express purpose of being good to her. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
DYK in the mid-1950s a premarital exam might include stretching the #hymen open to prepare a #virgin bride for compliant sex on her wedding night? Thank Nadia Kavinoky. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory #virginity
February 5, 2026 at 6:04 PM
DYK in the mid-1950s a premarital exam might include stretching the #hymen open to prepare a #virgin bride for compliant sex on her wedding night? Thank Nadia Kavinoky. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory #virginity
“Dresse the Victualls, milk the Cowes, wash for the servants and Doe allthings necessary for a woman to doe upon the said plantation.” Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
January 15, 2026 at 4:21 PM
“Dresse the Victualls, milk the Cowes, wash for the servants and Doe allthings necessary for a woman to doe upon the said plantation.” Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
They thought of themselves as married. The court did not. It did let them have a church wedding after the whipping. It figured they were “unfit” for anyone else. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
January 13, 2026 at 3:41 PM
They thought of themselves as married. The court did not. It did let them have a church wedding after the whipping. It figured they were “unfit” for anyone else. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
She had left him after three years of marriage because he asked for payment too often—& during the day. He was not at all shy about beating her when she refused.
Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DomesticViolence #MarriageHistory
Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DomesticViolence #MarriageHistory
January 7, 2026 at 3:27 PM
She had left him after three years of marriage because he asked for payment too often—& during the day. He was not at all shy about beating her when she refused.
Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DomesticViolence #MarriageHistory
Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #DomesticViolence #MarriageHistory
The mother would have to abandon it on the doorstep of someone wealthy. It wasn’t until 1794 that Spanish colonies granted such children the same civil status as the legitimate. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
January 4, 2026 at 4:33 PM
The mother would have to abandon it on the doorstep of someone wealthy. It wasn’t until 1794 that Spanish colonies granted such children the same civil status as the legitimate. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
DYK 17thC #divorce was hard to get in English colonies? American couples had to get an act of Parliament—in England. Few people could afford that. It wasn’t until the early 18thC that MD legalized divorce. It became a lot easier to get after the Revolution.
#MarriageHistory
#MarriageHistory
December 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
DYK 17thC #divorce was hard to get in English colonies? American couples had to get an act of Parliament—in England. Few people could afford that. It wasn’t until the early 18thC that MD legalized divorce. It became a lot easier to get after the Revolution.
#MarriageHistory
#MarriageHistory
Deborah Read took #BenFranklin’s name, they lived together as man & wife, had two kids, & no one gave them any grief about it. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Deborah Read took #BenFranklin’s name, they lived together as man & wife, had two kids, & no one gave them any grief about it. Ghosts of #WmnHist still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
After 1658, some colonies reduced the penalty for the enslaved or indentured getting married w/o permission to only one extra year. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
After 1658, some colonies reduced the penalty for the enslaved or indentured getting married w/o permission to only one extra year. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
“and which no man should possess. … marriage should be an equal & permanent partnership, & so recognized by law.” Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory #WmnHist
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
“and which no man should possess. … marriage should be an equal & permanent partnership, & so recognized by law.” Ghosts of #GenderHistory still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory #WmnHist
Many became #Carribbean pirates & married each other. They called their same-sex #WeddingVows #matelotage & shared & inherited property. Many of their marriages were #MixedRace. Their shipboard democracies may have become a model for government in the colonies. #MarriageHistory
August 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Many became #Carribbean pirates & married each other. They called their same-sex #WeddingVows #matelotage & shared & inherited property. Many of their marriages were #MixedRace. Their shipboard democracies may have become a model for government in the colonies. #MarriageHistory
“This increases their desire for coitus & stiffens their member.”
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory #HistSex
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory #HistSex
July 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“This increases their desire for coitus & stiffens their member.”
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory #HistSex
HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory #HistSex
The “divorce capital” of the U.S. moved west from Indiana to Illinois, then South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, &, finally, Nevada. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
July 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The “divorce capital” of the U.S. moved west from Indiana to Illinois, then South Dakota, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Wyoming, &, finally, Nevada. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
And some murdered their spouses. Many used poison. From 1825 to 1885 in France, for example, there were 2,169 cases of spousal poisoning. Police charged 916 men & 1,053 women. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
July 8, 2025 at 3:28 PM
And some murdered their spouses. Many used poison. From 1825 to 1885 in France, for example, there were 2,169 cases of spousal poisoning. Police charged 916 men & 1,053 women. Ghosts of the #HistSex still haunt. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #MarriageHistory
DYK until 20thC, a woman had to marry whomever her master—father, brother, owner—wished? A wife had to have sex when her new master/husband wished & abstain when he did or when he wished to have sex w/someone else. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory
June 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
DYK until 20thC, a woman had to marry whomever her master—father, brother, owner—wished? A wife had to have sex when her new master/husband wished & abstain when he did or when he wished to have sex w/someone else. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #GenderHistory #MarriageHistory