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[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 10 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

A man o' war sailing the high seas in pursuit of pirates and the king's enemies involved a whole lot of dudes cooking meals, sewing up their clothes, and braiding each others hair.

A lot of America's peculiar gender ideas come from the puritans who were wacko enough to get kicked out of Europe and have to move to a whole different continent so they could keep burning witches and degrading their wives.

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