tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post4426155956566267221..comments2024-03-19T04:14:04.074-07:00Comments on Kittling: Books: Under the Covers with Minette WaltersCathyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-73955372152367732312018-09-21T01:59:27.591-07:002018-09-21T01:59:27.591-07:00Yes, one follows the other.Yes, one follows the other.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-9653322208623750452018-09-20T02:29:59.775-07:002018-09-20T02:29:59.775-07:00The human race doesn't stand a chance until we...The human race doesn't stand a chance until we ALL stop teaching our children hate and fear. Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-72539498324324265412018-09-20T02:24:35.933-07:002018-09-20T02:24:35.933-07:00I am now so angry reading your commentary that I c...I am now so angry reading your commentary that I can't judge the covers. And yes, backward attitudes still exist. See the Senate Judiciary Committee on sexual misconduct. Absolutely medieval.<br /><br />And another factoid is that instruments like this were also used on enslaved people in the South. I learned this from Toni Morrison's Pulitzer-prize winning book "Beloved." <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-65863998362528092182018-09-19T13:10:11.324-07:002018-09-19T13:10:11.324-07:00I'm glad we've moved forward from those ti...I'm glad we've moved forward from those times, although I think the "public humiliation and chastisement" still exists. It's just more insidious.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-53977703764706283232018-09-19T13:07:52.349-07:002018-09-19T13:07:52.349-07:00Although a bit of "turnabout is fair play&quo...Although a bit of "turnabout is fair play" would be nice...Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01774383554326288663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-85790325484478141082018-09-19T06:28:13.943-07:002018-09-19T06:28:13.943-07:00Hmmm...I haven't read this book either and I&#...Hmmm...I haven't read this book either and I'm not sure I knew what a 'scold's bridle' was. Now I do. I agree with the 'steam out the ears' reaction. As to covers, I'm not sure either about US/Australia vs. UK. I do think that often the British covers and books seem to be a little more graphic in some ways or it seems so at times these days. Maybe they are less squeamish? Who knows? Your idea of ignorance of the device is probably the best one. The Puritans and those types certainly had devices too. And who can forget a big read 'A' on your chest?Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495669354860191042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1999659125625323494.post-83315282573797485352018-09-19T04:57:05.758-07:002018-09-19T04:57:05.758-07:00That's such an interesting point about the bri...That's such an interesting point about the bridles on the covers, Cathy! I wonder why, too.... And yes, I couldn't imagine a society where men are chastised for grumbling and so on the way women have been....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com