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[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, this is one of those cases where it very much was a standard of its times. Even in societies that were generally egalitarian ya saw it since well as you stated infant mortality was real fucken high and giving birth wasvery dangerous.