Medieval Women with Eleanor Janega
Gone Medieval
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Are You a Married Woman and You Want Sex?
There's this conception which is called the marital debt, which is that when you marry someone, they have a right to ask for you to have sex with them in reasonable circumstances. And so does that mean then that even in those circumstances where it's okay, you're a married woman and all of that? Are women allowed to want and enjoy sex or is it meant to be just a sort of practical thing, serving a purpose? So you're allowed to want sex provided that it is reasonable to do quote unquote.
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