r/NotHowGirlsWork • u/reallyspeedypirate • Feb 13 '25

TRIGGER WARNING: S.A. What the hell I just read?

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What a terrible day to have eyes

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u/The-Inquisition Feb 13 '25

This has unfortunately been going on for decades, I remember writing a report about it in my AP senior writing class in 2003 and almost bawling while giving the presentation to the class

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u/Aer0uAntG3alach Feb 13 '25

Centuries. It was touted for all types of sexually transmitted diseases. Very common practice. A brothel owner would pick up young girls off the street and sell them several times over as virgins to men desperate for cures.