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From: robert@fear.UUCP (Robert Plamondon)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: "Traditional Values"
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Date: Fri, 4-Oct-85 10:56:04 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct  4 10:56:04 1985
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People who lament the decline in the institution of marriage tend to
overlook a few of the less savory reasons why marriages lasted so
long in the past.

In days gone by, no matter how viciously a husband beat his wife, and
no matter how often he molested his children, the marriage would stay
together. Wives and children had no legal rights, and there were no
support groups; women would be told to endure it, and the children
would not be believed.

Since the crimes weren't reported, as far as the record can tell, all
of these wife-beating child molesters of bygone days had *perfect*
marriages! The men were often considered to be pillars of the
community, examples to the young, etc. etc. ad nauseam.

These days, of course, the women are less well-behaved -- why, they
complain even when no bones are broken! Lordy! Worse yet, the
children *tell*!

So the real difference between then and now is twofold -- women and
children have rights now, and the level of hypocrisy about marriage
has subsided from its Victorian level.

Back to the thrilling days of yesteryear? No thanks.
-- 

		Robert Plamondon
		{turtlevax, resonex, cae780}!weitek!robert