Comment by paulryanrogers
6 hours ago
That must be exaggeration, even of the era. Controlling women has been a pretty consistent theme. But that's just so extreme a reaction for something so routine.
6 hours ago
That must be exaggeration, even of the era. Controlling women has been a pretty consistent theme. But that's just so extreme a reaction for something so routine.
It sounds like a believable line from a spouse abuser, actually. Surely even male door-to-door sellers put up with their share of rank abuse, in any era; it would only have been worse for a woman.
> That must be exaggeration...
Maybe, maybe not. There certainly are current-day cultures in which things are that extreme.