February 19th, 2011 -- by Bacchus
Egalitarian Beatings For Marital Bliss
Thanks to the German Historical Institute we learn of a woodcut from the second half of the seventeenth century by one Abraham Bach, said to be part of a then “rapidly growing literature on the conditions of a happy marriage and on codes of behavior reinforced gender roles.”
“In the first scene of this two-part woodcut, a man beats his wife for being proud, impious, lazy, and drunk”:
“In the second scene, a woman beats her husband for gambling, drinking, gluttony, and chasing pretty girls.”
It’s a veritable 17th century Spencer Spanking Plan, I tell you!
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Just beautiful, Just beautiful. Thank you for finding such historical ‘spanking’ memorabilia.
I especially like the people kissing in the background, and the ones peaking through the window.
Perhaps the lesson that history is trying to tell us here, is that no matter what the reason for the spankings, they are more effective with an audience…
I’ve always suspected that that’s the path to a happy relationship!
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