• Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 years ago

    The social obligation to marry a deceased brothers widow is relatively universal in old cultures, Judaism not withstanding. It’s one of the oldest patriarchal economic developments, to ensure that a widow is cared for. The child produced is almost always considered to be the blood of the dead brother. The modern reading of the Onan passage as against rubbing one out is incorrect. The christian war against jerking off is I think I relatively modern, reactionary invention.