Truly one of the weirder things I’ve ever researched… 🖤

[Oozie]

Notice they mourned the loss of a sibling more then their wife

[peachyjoon]

9 for a child and 30 for a husband? Nah this is wild

[conradchester]

The difference between husband and wife mourning is jaw dropping

[jadeventura]

Death of husband compared to wife is wild

[CoLoJePa]

The length of time to mourn a child is suspiciously closer to the length of time it takes to have a new child.

[MyFatherLooksLikeAPallasCat]

It's not even like a subtle difference. The death of a wife is apparently the LEAST morn-worthy loss that can happen to you.

[sarahbarabe]

Wow the disrespect to the wife is crazy also being barred from socializing or entertainment seems more like a way to continue trapping women even after death rather than mourning

[emilialowe]

What the actual f*** this is heartbreaking & disgusting at the same time to have a set of rules about grief & those double standards are bloody insane

[ItsFarah.]

I hate how men only had to mourn for 3 months and women for 2 years…

[rachelpate]

Why does this make me so sad. It truly reflects on the value placed on women and no one will change my mind.

[oldkittykiyru]

I'm sorry 3 months for a wife and your grandparents get more time than your child. That's wild.

[eueueutututu]

It's insane how infant/young child mortality was so high back then that people didn't even treat as a tragedy, but only as an unfortunate, but normal event

[frankiefrazer]

If i was a Victorian woman and my husband only mourned for 3 months I'd haunt his ass and his next relationship.

[kaede_]

when your wife is as important as uncle jim that you met once at a family reunion

[sonicsupersam]

bro i’d spend my whole life mourning if my wife died, don’t even think i’d get over that shit in 3 months.

[rickwillems]

They completely eliminated “everyone mourns differently”
Edit: holy shit I did not expect this many likes in 2 days

[potterhead]

Bro the death of a wife compared to a husband just goes to show how important women were then

[peachy]

Imagine there being a guide on how you should be depressed 💀

[acesinger]

The fact that people back then had RULES on how and how long to mourn someone is…insane

[Roseberry]

"death of wife: 3 months"
"death of husband: 30 months"

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