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Originally Posted by merrylander
Not necessarily "enforced" as simply what was expected behaviour, yet I am willing to bet that there were proportionally as many "out of wedlock" babies then as now.
One of the things that a study of genealogy will show you is that the more things change the more they stay the same.
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I think you right there. I also believe that you comment
"Not necessarily "enforced" as simply what was expected behaviour" is where we have strayed badly. It's hard to have a sense of
expected behavior when nothing is expected and all behavior is measured by degree.