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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: alt.personals
- Subject: Re: A Sharp Contrast to the Song of Solomon
- Message-ID: <mike_steiner-171192114856@192.35.50.131>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 19:50:01 GMT
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- In article <Bxtv5o.Dpz@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>,
- creps@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Steve Creps) wrote:
-
- > A side note to demonstrate that Loren is just grabbing at straws:
- >
- > >>A wise bride will make it her goal never to allow her husband to see
- > >>her unclothed body, and never allow him to display his unclothed
- > >>body to her.
- > >
- > > They should never see each other naked?
- > >
- > > What a marriage!
- >
- > That part likely demonstrates cultural norms of the time. For
- > example, according to _A History of Private Life_, by Paul Veyne et
- > al, in early _pagan_ Rome it was considered "taboo" for a couple to
- > make love during the daytime (except on their wedding day), or with
- > the lights on. It was considered particulary "libertine" for a woman
- > to make love after having removed her brassiere, which even
- > prostitutes wore during sex.
-
- That is very interesting--especially considering that brassieres were not
- invented until the 19th century CE.
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