Until it was legally abolished in 1857, you could take your wife to the market and sell them in England. First you have to make the initial announcement that you are selling your beloved wife. Then, on the appointed day, the husband, who takes the ribbon tied around the neck or waist, should take his beloved wife, who has been living together on the same couch, to the market or tavern, like a farmer selling a cow. Then, the auction begins. Bids are presented one after the other considering the wife's age, beauty and capabilities. Some wives are easy to sell, hand in hand. Some wives are not for sale. The tip has to be sold for two or brought back home. There are such husbands.
Although funny to some or disgusting to some, you cannot judge these stories in history by having a reasonable generality in the social environment of that time. Because there was no other option at that time.
Because divorce was expensive; Because the average middle class could not afford it. Because that divorce must be passed by the Parliament and annulled.
Thus, public selling of wives began as a social norm!
If the wife hadn't been sold, couldn't the two have quietly separated? It is normal for a reasonable question to arise. However, doing so was a big problem. Because if the divorced wife slept with another man, the husband could have received a huge amount of compensation from that person. Otherwise, he could have been challenged to a duel and legally killed. It is valid for the wife as well. She could have received a huge amount of compensation from her husband before the law. The solution to this problem, therefore, was to publicly sell the wife.
As one example, in 1832, consider Joseph Thompson's advertisement for the sale of his wife,
'He's a jerk from birth. The will of this sport, you, mad dog, must pass away as if you had seen a snarling lion, or a pistol full of drains, or the cholera. Abilities - Milk God can. Can sing. Can be used as a companion in honey combing. And so I sell the woman, with all her good and bad qualities, for fifty shillings.'
You may think of the stupid five ad. Now who buys these wives? But that is not so. Because the purpose of selling certain wives was not to humiliate her but to punish her. The wife, in a casual affair, is caught in the hand. Now the husband shames the shameful woman and sells her. Often the buyer is the common man himself. All three scattered happily. When the deal was over, they went to a bar, filled a big cup, drank beer, and parted in a merry merry-go-round. Unprejudiced!
The wife, too, is willing to sell herself publicly. She, who is separated from the boring marriage according to social norms, steps into the market in search of a new potential for happiness. But she knows one very well. After the death of the previous husband, all his possessions are still hers. Because she was not separated by a parliamentary standard divorce. In those days, unlike today, the husband owned all the wife's possessions. That is no longer the case. Because he lost that right by publicly selling it. Because she can enjoy her property as she likes, his property after his death, and his property if the new buyer dies. Hearing this, alas! Don't ask where love has gone. As it is in Victorian literature, read it and enjoy it. In oppressed, abject poverty, the realistic heart sees the desperate need for love. If you don't see it that way, you won't be saved!!
At that time, therefore, selling the illegitimate wife was a social necessity.
In 1857, divorce law ceased to be simple, easy, and 'public' wife-selling ended. Thus, during the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, a social normality was consigned to history and forgotten; was annoyed During the time when the white woman was also sold, Yakkha kept our woman with her eyes. Daughter, 'Jana Rasa' cries and laughs. Don't be shy! There are no mixed, pure nations in the world!! Historical! Images don't move
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