#TheMarriageMarket "Everyone had to give in addition a dowry counted in money. It might be two thousand, or a thousand, or five hundred. Otherwise, he could keep his daughters and enjoy them. He could put them up on the shelf. He could shut them up in the cupboard. He could send them to the Museum."
I guess if I ever start a feminist punk band we could call ourselves Keep Your Daughters and Enjoy Them.
TrishB 😂😂 6y
batsy @TrishB 🙃🙃 6y
Leftcoastzen Love that!!Rock on!I have a male friend who is educated yet wasn‘t aware how the Dowry system is still widely practiced in some cultures.I enlightened him. GREAT name for a band. 6y
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readordierachel Oh man, I would see that show in a heartbeat. 6y
batsy @Leftcoastzen Thank you. I think you'll appreciate this book. Such a bleak read but gorgeous writing and imagery of rural 19th-century Greece. 6y
batsy @ReadOrDieRachel 😊🤘🏽💜 6y
Centique OMG this sounds so good but I don‘t know if I could handle the deaths 😱😱 What do you think? Is much of the death described on the page? 6y
batsy @Centique The deaths are not described in detail, but it's pretty stark. So much to think about in this book. It's interesting how the facts of life for a woman in this time and place are described, but I'm thinking if a woman wrote this it wouldn't be utterly tragic like this. Women have a sense of humour even in the midst of the awful things that happen to them... I don't know. I'm sorry I can't be more helpful, I'm still mulling it over. 6y
Centique @batsy don‘t worry that is helpful! 6y