Melonie it sounds like you're trying to say that this is all something new and SB/SD is an end point in a slippery slope of society turning toward liberalization in relationships. None of this is new stuff.
Prenups: The Hebrew marriage contract (called the Ketubah) is over 2000 years old and the earliest known example of a prenuptial agreement. Dowries were originally intended to be a woman's compensation if the marriage didn't turn out. Engagement and wedding rings themselves were originally meant as a compensation in case of dissolution.
Divorce: As far as I'm aware, Judaism and Islam both had religious guidelines for divorce something like thousands of years ago (but I'm not 100% certain about that.). The Christian church (whippersnapper of religions) got with the divorce program in the early 1500s when Henry the 8th forced the English split with the Catholic church in Rome because he wanted to get rid of his wife after she couldn't have more kids. Talk about an expensive divorce, btw, the split Henry created in the church was a focusing event in the whole Protestant/Catholic break that's led to centuries of bloody conflicts. I think "normal" people gained the legal right to divorce in like, 1850 something. Even before divorce, most churches/municipalities allowed annulment for various reasons.
Sex for money: There have always been financial arrangements for access to the pussy. "Oldest profession" and all that. In that, there have always been different gradations, if you will, of the lengths of contractual access to pussy; from street wham-bams to brothels to mistresses to sacred temple prostitutes. Some people even say that marriage is a form of prostitution.
Also, when talking about the history of marriage/divorce we need to remember that women were basically just property until very recently so of course we're just now seeing a change in equality of benefits.
I can provide links/scholarly articles/etc to back up or clarify any of this information. My degree is in human sexuality and one of my well-published areas of expertise is the history of prostitution in the modern era. LOL, if you need to know *ANYTHING* about prostitution in the western world from like, 1850 to now, I am your gal.I'm just your lazy gal, so I'm not investing the effort to dig into my references unless requested.



Melonie it sounds like you're trying to say that this is all something new and SB/SD is an end point in a slippery slope of society turning toward liberalization in relationships. None of this is new stuff.
I'm just your lazy gal, so I'm not investing the effort to dig into my references unless requested.

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