Borderline Gross Practices From The Past

Published on 05/25/2021
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Women Can’t Get An Order

Consider heading to a diner, perusing the selection, and deciding what to serve… After that, have somebody else order the food for you. That was the case for women in the 1950s when male diners were expected to inform the waiter what food to offer. How annoying!

Women Can’t Get An Order

Women Can’t Get An Order

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Social Distancing

Unsurprisingly, there were several laws for Victorian-era daters. One of the oddest? Courting couples needed to walk apart. That implied a man could only reach out to a high-society lady if she were about to step in an invisible puddle. We believe so many people go to the waterlogged paths only to share a brief moment.

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Social Distancing

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