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Nyssa · 04-09-2011, 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Joykins

I didn't know porn was supposed to be realistic

I picked this one up based on this rec, at 99 cents it's kind of hard (heh) to see the downside to trying it out. Also I want to see how the language used in Victorian porn differs from modern language about sex. Yes, this is all about the research. Really.

Okay, you have a point!

The language is interesting; I've learned a new word or two.

There are, however, some very familiar words/terms, as well.

Edit: Oh look, now they've willingly entered the realm of pedophilia...geesh!

Joykins · 04-09-2011, 11:53 PM

The age of consent was something like 12 back then *puke*

Nyssa · 04-10-2011, 08:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Joykins

The age of consent was something like 12 back then *puke*

Yeah, hubby reminded me that they were practically at marrying age for the time.

I couldn't help thinking that sisters are going to have to marry pretty dim-witted or "morally ambiguous" mates, now that they've been "deflowered".

tponzo · 04-10-2011, 04:52 PM

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I couldn't help thinking that sisters are going to have to marry pretty dim-witted or "morally ambiguous" mates, now that they've been "deflowered".
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chickens (and their blood) were quite popular in those days.

'sides people who wrote (and read) stuff like Romance of Lust, Fanny Hill etc. couldn't have been as repressed as we think. I think the Victorians just had good PR people.

Nyssa · 04-10-2011, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by tponzo

chickens (and their blood) were quite popular in those days.

'sides people who wrote (and read) stuff like Romance of Lust, Fanny Hill etc. couldn't have been as repressed as we think. I think the Victorians just had good PR people.

I have no idea what the chicken thing means, but I agree with you on the whole "not so repressed" comment.

Poppaea · 04-10-2011, 06:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

I have no idea what the chicken thing means, but I agree with you on the whole "not so repressed" comment.

Fake virgins

Joykins · 04-10-2011, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nyssa

I have no idea what the chicken thing means, but I agree with you on the whole "not so repressed" comment.

blood for the sheet.

Nyssa · 04-10-2011, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Poppaea

Fake virgins

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Originally Posted by Joykins

blood for the sheet.

Oh! & Eww!

One of the main character's conquests, just added extra pressure with her hand, when her new husband entered her. She did state, however, that he was as naive as he assumed she would be, so she got away with it.

Joykins · 04-10-2011, 09:47 PM

I think that stuff (about proof of female virginity) is mostly b.s. anyway because there is such a variation in women's anatomy. But it doesn't appear to have been b.s. to some historical people. I do wonder how many poor girls were unfairly maligned because they didn't bleed or have an average hymen.

tponzo · 04-11-2011, 04:40 AM

They say it's important for royalty. Do you think Kate Middleton had to be "checked"?

crich70 · 04-11-2011, 04:55 AM

The Victorian era was an age of Hypocrisy in some ways. Fine upstanding members of the community I'm fairly sure didn't always practice what they preached. And of course there was a good deal of misinformation on some topics as well. Back then there were a lot of women who plied the worlds oldest profession just in order to have the means to feed their families since there were no real social aids back then to help out. Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist and other books based on his own childhood memories. Google Hellfire Club if you want an eye opener of how things really were among the upper crust way back when. There was no age of consent way back in the 19th century either. It was only at the last part of that century or the early 20th that such laws were passed.

orlok · 04-11-2011, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by tponzo

They say it's important for royalty. Do you think Kate Middleton had to be "checked"?

Well Lady Diana had to, but I suspect William may already know the answer in Kate's case

Joykins · 04-11-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by tponzo

They say it's important for royalty. Do you think Kate Middleton had to be "checked"?

Probably not. Anyone read _A Civil Campaign_ by Bujold?

If it hasn't already, think it's time something very symbolic was substituted, like, say, a white dress, which is as far as anyone's business has going anyway. All this virginity-at-marriage stuff was, was a guarantee that the bride wasn't already pregnant by someone else, a guarantee that lasts up until the minute after the exam/wedding night is over

It's freaking 2011. If the royal line of succession is so important to these fossils, there are paternity tests. Nothing else could possibly concern anyone other than the bride and groom.

Joykins · 04-11-2011, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by orlok

Well Lady Diana had to, but I suspect William may already know the answer in Kate's case

And even back in the 1980s they had to find a teenager to qualify!

Ridiculous.

tponzo · 04-12-2011, 01:55 PM

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Well Lady Diana had to, but I suspect William may already know the answer in Kate's case

Unfortunately, the hypocrisy and double standard applies still today. Look at how Princess Di was shunned by the royal family after her affair (s) came out and we all know what Charles was doing, probably from day one. Don't know that I envy Kate living in that particular fish bowl.

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Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,612 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	The age of consent was something like 12 back then puke

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Joykins Wizard Posts: 1,612 Karma: 9211856 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: kindle Oasis 2018, kindle 4 NT, kindle PW2, iPhone, iPad mini	I think that stuff (about proof of female virginity) is mostly b.s. anyway because there is such a variation in women's anatomy. But it doesn't appear to have been b.s. to some historical people. I do wonder how many poor girls were unfairly maligned because they didn't bleed or have an average hymen.

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crich70 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,310 Karma: 43993832 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Monroe Wisconsin Device: K3, Kindle Paperwhite, Calibre, and Mobipocket for Pc (netbook)	The Victorian era was an age of Hypocrisy in some ways. Fine upstanding members of the community I'm fairly sure didn't always practice what they preached. And of course there was a good deal of misinformation on some topics as well. Back then there were a lot of women who plied the worlds oldest profession just in order to have the means to feed their families since there were no real social aids back then to help out. Charles Dickens wrote Oliver Twist and other books based on his own childhood memories. Google Hellfire Club if you want an eye opener of how things really were among the upper crust way back when. There was no age of consent way back in the 19th century either. It was only at the last part of that century or the early 20th that such laws were passed.