• Gaywallet (they/it)@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Right, to be clear I wasn’t saying it didn’t happen, just that it wasn’t customary. I don’t think it’s fair to say that the practice was as widespread as the comment implies.

    • coyotino [he/him]@beehaw.orgOP
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      1 year ago

      Idk, your source doesn’t seem to indicate that the practice was rare, either. Seems like, among the criminals that could afford it, it was a pretty regular occurrence. I guess “customary” has a cultural connotation to it, but i wouldn’t go so far as to call it a “myth” given how close @SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz’s comment was to reality.