Re:The Gay Marriages of a Nineteenth-Century Prison Ship
by hakka-nyu-su on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:33AM
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When you say "towards solving the issue", what issue do you reckon needed (or needs) solving?
Yes, that's pretty much what I said. Hence also the historical focus on socially sanctioning heterosexual sex via marriage, and on the family's role in carefully vetting prospective marriage partners. It clearly didn't go as far as modern "consent culture" towards solving the issue, but it was a rough attempt.