Scroll down through this article and read about the Oneida Community's postion on Complex Marriages and Male Continence. Weird that something like this existed in the 1800s, and kind of weird that this religious community was the founding of the Oneida Silversmith Company now called Oneida Limited.
Interesting to see the feminist take on this.
http://www.nyhistory.com/central/oneida.htm
2007-06-14 03:42:45 · 4 answers · asked by MaryCheneysAccessory 6 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
Juniper...not to be disrespectful to men, but I don't think many of them could manage this form of birth control....there is a control issue to consider. lol.
2007-06-14 11:21:57 · update #1
That whole area of upstate New York is what historians call the "burned over district" and was a hotbed of reforms of all sorts. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district
2007-06-14 03:53:17 · answer #1 · answered by CanProf 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
What a great source!
I have read several non-fiction and fiction books on the Oneida community.
There is also a film about them, and I believe William Hurt is in that.
It's so remarkable to me that so small a group could conceive of and create such a community, albeit for a short time.
There were also similar, Oneida-based communities in that region up until the late 1980s.
I will try to find a source for what I have stated.
Good luck
2007-06-14 06:43:51 · answer #2 · answered by Croa 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Wow, how peculiar! They really had an interesting take on things. I wonder if any of those anti-choice men would be willing to try their method of birth control. What do you think? :-)
The "ascending fellowship" idea was found in a few other cultures that I've studied. Young men and women were married off to much older partners for a short "starter marriage". I don't know if I would have liked the shared community marriage idea. Hands off my husband, you ladies! LOL I think I would have been accused of "idolatry" in that society.
2007-06-14 04:42:53 · answer #3 · answered by Junie 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
First of all, let Me commend You on Your excellent job of research. "Well Done"! I was actually looking for a very similar base of reference not long ago. Being basically stupid, I missed the obvious connection. Not being a Woman, but rather a supporter of Feminism, I will exercise My right not to pass judgment. I will however say that this had a marked effect upon the status of Women here in (The then 'Colony of New South Wales') Australia, as the result of certain migrants who arrived here during the 1850's 'Gold Rush' through until sometime prior to 1900, and leave it at that.
Thanks again for finding the lead that I wanted.
Cheers, Ashleigh.
2007-06-14 04:47:19 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋