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The immediate need to remarry struck me as troublesome for the Puritan society, especially when considered in regards to the alarmingly high level of domestic violence at the time. I wonder what the rates of abuse were in the couples that were rushed into re-marriage in order to maintain status. Level of attraction and the sheer moral fiber of those involved were obviously ignored in these nuptials, and I have to wonder if the rate of abuse was actually HIGHER in second marriages than it may have been the first time around. -Cash Nelson | The immediate need to remarry struck me as troublesome for the Puritan society, especially when considered in regards to the alarmingly high level of domestic violence at the time. I wonder what the rates of abuse were in the couples that were rushed into re-marriage in order to maintain status. Level of attraction and the sheer moral fiber of those involved were obviously ignored in these nuptials, and I have to wonder if the rate of abuse was actually HIGHER in second marriages than it may have been the first time around. -Cash Nelson | ||
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| + | Also, the reference to marriages being "corporate" between Puritanical and Revolutionary times seems dead on to me. Marriages at the time honestly seemed to resemble sports teams before the free agency market. Players (wives/husbands) were bought and sold at the whims of their owners (heads of family) and it wasn't until the introduction of rampant free agency (divorce) that the "players involved," really got a chance to live their own lives. Steinbrenner would be proud. -Cash Nelson | ||
== Chapter 2--Domestic Revolutions == | == Chapter 2--Domestic Revolutions == | ||
