There’s actually a lot of scholarship about how Southern plantation owners developed their child rearing philosophy on a misunderstanding of the Roman patriarchy combined with their newfangled “scientific racism,” conflating the discipline expected for both children and slaves.
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TeddE@lemmy.world 6 hours agoIn the era, “spare the rod, spoil the child” was considered good advice. If that’s how even loved ones were treated … slaves treated well? Press X to doubt.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 hours ago
TeddE@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
All embedded in the modern slang ‘boy’.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Yeah, think about how many men already get drunk and beat the shit out of their wives. The person they supposedly love the most.
Now imagine if they had a slave to take it out on instead.