54: Shave Your Head and Get In the Closet: Dark History of Marriage
Dark History
Babylonian Marriage: Procreation-only Contract and Young Brides
The Babylonians believed that women were here on this planet to have babies and babies only point blank period. The girls in the community, once they hit puberty, that's when they were considered a woman and they were ready to be married off. So usually these women, I'm using quotes here, were like 11 and 12 years old. All the men would gather around and have an auction essentially.
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