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Khagan27 t1_j9yr8g7 wrote

Reply to comment by CantoIX in Poe Tent Sea, me, acrylic,2023 by travischapmanart

This is not true, he married her so she would not lose her family’s house after her parents died, as women were not allowed to own property at the time. They did not live as a couple

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CantoIX t1_j9yrnw0 wrote

Well damn these articles calling her a child bride must be old. Gonna update myself then

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Satire-V t1_j9ytzrq wrote

It sounds like she was a child bride but marriage is ultimately a legal agreement and it's just cultural norms that inform our necessity of sex in a marriage.

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