Comments on: Bonus Story: As I Went Down To The River (III) http://www.talesofmu.com/story/other/down-to-the-river-iii High Fantasy - Higher Education Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:41:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: pedestrian http://www.talesofmu.com/story/other/down-to-the-river-iii#comment-19062 pedestrian Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:55:16 +0000 http://www.talesofmu.com/story/?p=3179#comment-19062 The ballet Giselle, was intended as a warning/propaganda for innocent young maidens to not allow themselves to be seduced by smooth talking men. And the terrible consequences for the women when they succumb to the blandishments of masculine libidos. This was a period BEFORE antibiotics, latex condoms, birth control, blood transfusions, or the most rudimentary sanitation. The casualty rate for women and infants was horrendous. We are very smug and pretentious in our good opinion of ourselves as a society. Most people project a comfortably snug cocoon of modernism in their pre-judged views of the rest of the world and our own ancestors.<p class="top-comments">Current score: <span class="top-comments-karma" id="karma-19062">0</span> <small>(to vote for this comment, please visit the site)</small></p> The ballet Giselle, was intended as a warning/propaganda for innocent young maidens to not allow themselves to be seduced by smooth talking men. And the terrible consequences for the women when they succumb to the blandishments of masculine libidos.

This was a period BEFORE antibiotics, latex condoms, birth control, blood transfusions, or the most rudimentary sanitation. The casualty rate for women and infants was horrendous.

We are very smug and pretentious in our good opinion of ourselves as a society. Most people project a comfortably snug cocoon of modernism in their pre-judged views of the rest of the world and our own ancestors.

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