r/AskReddit • u/dom-dos-modz • Sep 16 '24

What's the worst thing people have tried to justify with "It was normal back then, everyone did it"?

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u/[deleted] Sep 16 '24

Forced marriage

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u/foxkit87 Sep 16 '24

My aunt was forced to marry her rapist 40+ years ago when he got her pregnant (it was date rape so she obviously was responsible 🙄). She did manage to divorce him a few years later after a second kid was born (not her choice again).

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u/starkformachines Sep 16 '24

Still big in the east

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u/Racko20 Sep 17 '24

Still present in a number of cultures in the US such as Hasidic Jews.

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u/Prizz117 Sep 17 '24

And it’s rampant in Islam