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There are so many writers still writing today from back in the 70s and up that wrote these kind of historical books, now with time, age and changing times, laws and attitudes, would not touch these kinds of books with a 10 foot pole.
And I as a reader who back then LOVED these books and still have them in my bookcase, can no longer read them.
I loved them without really recognizing the wrong, but socially acceptable reasoning. The books were also written in an era long past were women were thought of more as property rather than the self sufficient women that we are today.
So as revolting as some might find these books today, back then they were more or less accurate. Men had the upper hand and there were little consequences for rape of women, and those raped women were shamed or blamed for said rape. The same applied to any women that actually ENJOYED sex or initiated it. Right or wrong that's how it was.
Times, attitudes, and selfawareness have changed as have the laws, and all of those writers who have been writing all these years have also changed their writing styles, and continue to evolve and flourish providing us with hours of entertainment.
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