Female Supremacy Articles - Page 12

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Some woman's journals discovered from this time period tell of their exploits with doctors, interns and other available men. The jest of the mailman and milkman delivering more than mail and milk are very well rooted in fact. It is interesting that a whole society developed around wives having sex with other men while denying their husbands who had to remain faithful to them. It is not uncommon to find entries in a wife's journal such as "I had a wondrous day today. After a most satisfying visit, for both myself and Doctor Elbridge's young intern, I spent a delightfully entertaining evening raising my poor husband's lustiness near to its pinnacle during this time that he must abstain from loosing semen. His antics were most amusing and raised my own lust. As always, he proved his devotion to me by pleasuring me in a most deliciously French way.( Mine will be the most scrumptiously naughty story of any lady tomorrow at tea)

Another journal tells how excited one wife was that she had her husband doing housework, an unheard of practice at a time when male and female roles were so rigid, illustrating again how arousal and denial of sex can totally alter a man's behavior. Other journal entries tell of the rise in attention from their husbands and the thrill of sneaking around behind their husband's back and having sex while their husband was "locked in his cage."