[thechat] King Preaches Abstinence to Parading Maidens

Martin Burns martin at easyweb.co.uk
Sat Sep 14 06:04:01 CDT 2002


On Sat, 14 Sep 2002, Martin Burns wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Erika Meyer wrote:
>
> > Women (in general) have a history of wishing to limit children.
>
> ...in societies where children aren't an important part of the economic
> life of the family (ie don't go out to work in the fields or factories,
> and aren't required to support their parents in old age).

Addendum, class="somewhat exaggerated in the popular press":
Also used as a mechanism to gain social housing. Although if that's your
best way to get housing from a society which won't provide it any other
way, I have to say that it's an indictment of society, and good luck to
you.

Cheers
Martin

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