• sga
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    23 hours ago

    I would like to know what was the tax like (in terms of then monthly or annual earning, and why was argentina so desperate, was it yet another “we have a big problem we don’t know the cause of / dont know how to solve / cant/wont solve, lets blame vulnerables?”), also how much did the lady rejectors charged, i am going to assume much less than tax (or else, why would the bachelor even consider this). Also, was there any shame involved in being bachelor in their society (I am going to presume the answer is yes here, in most places older time, it was expected for you to be married as soon as you were working age), mostly because why were seemingly fine (because they had to pay someone to reject them, if they had some flaws, they would be rejected for free) people wanting to be bachelor?

    (Sorry for asking so many questions, and not bothering to lookup stuff myself, I dont have any excuses either, just lazy)

    • PugJesus@lemmy.worldOPM
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      Unfortunately, I know very little about the details. Around 1900 there was still a big idea about population growth being core to a nation’s health, so there was probably some of that in there. Moralizing was probably also a factor.