OSLEP, Recap of Days 2 & 3

Well, Day 2 was just...long. And intense. I can't even begin to explain everything we went over...plus, I'd think it'd bore you. Just know that families changed a lot from frontier to colonial to Victorian days...and such. Yeah.

Today was much more interesting. The basics:

We discussed the late Victorian era.
We watched a Newsreel over Marriage and Divorce that was made in 1948.
We broke into 2 groups - Group 1 speculated the future of marriage. Group 2 came up with historical and sociological arguments for and against same sex marriage.
At the end of the day, we watched a dating etiquette video from the 1950s, so awesome. And then we watched a 30 minute GE advertisement from the same era. Product placement was cracking us up while we watched a story about how appliances made life easier and even got a date for the young girl in the video. So great.

Anyways, Fun tidbits learned/talked about today:

During the late 19th century, there was a redefinition of love/gender. Women became more pure. They used to be considered the lusty sex, but in this era they were transformed into almost asexual beings that didn't even enjoy sex.

Since men respected their wives and were worried about the purity of them, they turned to prostitutes instead.
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There's a bit more, but that's the most interesting stuff. It is now 10pm and I'm so tired! Time for bed! Ha