when it comes to sexes getting sex
Sex.
No Girls Allowed.
Sex is not for girls. There it is plain and simple in black and white in the bluntest of terms. If the aforementioned sentence was to be reiterated in many social settings of today, the statement would receive gasps of horror and cries of indignation. In fact, many arguments will immediately be spewed forth with intense feeling behind it. Some accurate examples are as follows:
“Do women not engage in sexual activity to produce offspring?” “Are not females the generally preferred sexual partner most men desire?” “How then is sex not for those of the female persuasion?”
Now before the messenger of this supposedly new and strange doctrine is crucified and this humble essay tossed aside, an explanation must be forthcoming. The answer lies in the age old battle of the sexes, but when it comes to sexes getting sex the rulebooks are completely different in this battle. According to Alice Brabcová, a professor of History and English studies at the University of West Bohemia in Plezn, marriage in the 17th century was not in any way a woman’s decision. Though a good marriage was the ultimate goal of every woman in that day and age, only her parents could arrange a marriage, and of course a man. Choosing a mate based upon mere attractiveness was frowned upon instead one must choose a mate depending on her ability to run a household and produce children. From the moment they could talk, women were raised in the art of being a perfect wife. This included keeping her virginity intact. If a woman was found out to have had sexual relations before marriage she was shunned from “respectable” company and rejected as marriage material. Men, on the other hand, were encouraged to “sow their oats” before marriage and even after. It was the norm for married men to have mistresses as well as many illegitimate children that he had the liberty to acknowledge or ignore. A woman however, could not afford those luxuries. She was expected to be content in
No Girls Allowed.
Sex is not for girls. There it is plain and simple in black and white in the bluntest of terms. If the aforementioned sentence was to be reiterated in many social settings of today, the statement would receive gasps of horror and cries of indignation. In fact, many arguments will immediately be spewed forth with intense feeling behind it. Some accurate examples are as follows:
“Do women not engage in sexual activity to produce offspring?” “Are not females the generally preferred sexual partner most men desire?” “How then is sex not for those of the female persuasion?”
Now before the messenger of this supposedly new and strange doctrine is crucified and this humble essay tossed aside, an explanation must be forthcoming. The answer lies in the age old battle of the sexes, but when it comes to sexes getting sex the rulebooks are completely different in this battle. According to Alice Brabcová, a professor of History and English studies at the University of West Bohemia in Plezn, marriage in the 17th century was not in any way a woman’s decision. Though a good marriage was the ultimate goal of every woman in that day and age, only her parents could arrange a marriage, and of course a man. Choosing a mate based upon mere attractiveness was frowned upon instead one must choose a mate depending on her ability to run a household and produce children. From the moment they could talk, women were raised in the art of being a perfect wife. This included keeping her virginity intact. If a woman was found out to have had sexual relations before marriage she was shunned from “respectable” company and rejected as marriage material. Men, on the other hand, were encouraged to “sow their oats” before marriage and even after. It was the norm for married men to have mistresses as well as many illegitimate children that he had the liberty to acknowledge or ignore. A woman however, could not afford those luxuries. She was expected to be content in
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