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Pie · 10-30-2009, 10:46 AM

My great-grandmother was burned to death on her husband's pyre (she was in her late 30s). A great-aunt was beaten to death by her husband for not having a son. My grandmother had to drop out of school when she was married -- at the age of nine.

By and large, this doesn't happen nearly as frequently as it used to. I think that's progress.

And -- Happy Birthday!

10-30-2009, 10:46 AM	#4
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	My great-grandmother was burned to death on her husband's pyre (she was in her late 30s). A great-aunt was beaten to death by her husband for not having a son. My grandmother had to drop out of school when she was married -- at the age of nine. By and large, this doesn't happen nearly as frequently as it used to. I think that's progress. And -- Happy Birthday! __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.