• SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    From the little bit of older literature I’ve read, violence is normal. Hitting the wife if she speaks up is just everyday occurrence. Don Quixote hits Sancha a few times. Even the stories of my grandparents were full of getting slapped it hit with a ruler by nuns and pastors in Catholic school.