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   Message 673 of 1,275   
   Fuerzo to Chris Mark   
   Re: "Honor Killings" in 19th Century Ame   
   10 Nov 04 04:05:38   
   
   From: fuerzo@earthlink.net   
      
   On 09 Nov 2004 18:10:23 GMT, xmarx467@aol.compost (Chris Mark) wrote:   
      
   >By the way, I'm reading a book on art nouveau and the author mentions that in   
   >the late 19th century child prostitution was "rampant in the capitals of   
   >Europe."  Noting that, I would think that sexual license would be more likely   
   >in comfortable, "sophisticated" urban areas than in harsh frontier regions.   
      
   All this shows is that sophisticated urban areas had a large   
   proportion of literate people to record and document instances of   
   sexual license.   
      
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