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minus-squareCarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·22 hours agoHonestly it’s a wonder anyone was even born in England during this time period.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·18 hours agoThat’s the thing: Victorians were dirty, horny fuckers. There is a lot of evidence for this left behind in writing. It just wasn’t socially acceptable, so doesn’t show up in Victorian mainstream stuff – much like now, I guess.
minus-squareShadowedcross@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoI feel like sexual repression just has weird effects on a culture, I mean, just look at Japan.
Honestly it’s a wonder anyone was even born in England during this time period.
That’s the thing: Victorians were dirty, horny fuckers.
There is a lot of evidence for this left behind in writing. It just wasn’t socially acceptable, so doesn’t show up in Victorian mainstream stuff – much like now, I guess.
I feel like sexual repression just has weird effects on a culture, I mean, just look at Japan.