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From: tomj@dartvax.UUCP (Thomas Johnston)
Newsgroups: net.women
Subject: Re: Generalizations and controlled women
Message-ID: <616@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 15-Jan-84 19:14:56 EST
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Posted: Sun Jan 15 19:14:56 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 16-Jan-84 01:36:08 EST
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Organization: Dartmouth College
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..During the reign of Edward III of England, treason was defined to include
having sexual relations with the sovereign's wife, the wife of the sovereign's
eldest son, or the sovereign's eldest daughter unmarried.  The purpose, of
course, was to protect the line of decent.
  In a society where property passes from father to son, there is an obvious
desire to insure that one's heir is not the result of some extra-marital
relationship between one's wife and the neighboring lord. 
  Those royal women, by the way, would commit treason if they encouraged 
extra-marital sexual relations....
 
                                Thos. Johnston
                                linus!dartvax!tomj