It used to be better: 8 myths about the happy lives of women in the past century

How to live 100 or 200 years ago? Why give birth to 10 children? What was the food without GMOs? And then there is really all lived together happily?

Women in the field gave birth, and nothing ...

It's true. As reported eyewitness of those events - the daughter of the famous geographer and traveler Olga Semenova-Tyan-Shan:

"A pregnant woman does it all: celebrating all the housework, knitting in the field, flight, ground, taking cannabis plants or digging potatoes, up to the birth. Another woman at the onset of labor contractions home runs, "how Ovchenkov": lie down during the fights on the ground, and as the pain let go, running again. Mother on the third and on the fourth day after birth standing up and accepted for homework. Sometimes even the next day after delivery puerpera already flooded the stove itself. To work in the field of the mother is in 5-7 days after birth. "

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What it ended for a woman? Look at the statistics of mortality in childbirth. She rolls over. And those lucky enough to survive, undermined his health.

Previously, women were hardy and give birth to 10 children

Gave birth to 10 children or more, but not equine endurance and health. And from ignorance of physiology and lack of contraception. Constant pregnancy and childbirth did not pass in vain for the woman's body. Hard work and labors led to prolapse of the uterus and loss and other gynecological diseases.

Previously was a real childhood, and now some gadgets

So real that child labour It was absolutely normal practice. Sometimes even three year olds worked. Paid them, by the way, is very small. Interestingly, even the little Dickens worked at the factory gutalinovoy, though his family on those standards has been provided.

Children used to be much healthier and so did not suffer

Not hurt, because dying too quickly. For children treated simpler and parents were ready, they can die. Here's how it wrote Olga Semenova Tien Shan:

"Child mortality is highest in the summer, Petrovka, and especially in the working time when street children eat something and somehow, when they eat, and cucumbers, and the unripe apples, and every zelenuhu. The main cause of mortality dysentery - diarrhea. With regard to the mortality rate, in most families, it kills more than half of all children born. "

Previously fed on a natural diet, and now is everywhere Chemistry

Yes, before the Colorado beetles were collected manually, and if the summer was a lean, then wait for hunger in the area. One of the main problems of the 20th century - famine. A persistent malnutrition and vitamin deficiency detrimental effect on human health. Therefore, some 100 - 200 years ago, the average life expectancy was only 31 years old.

Previously, women were engaged in the house and the children, but now injected at work

100 - 200 years ago, women worked hard at work on an equal basis with men. Work is not particularly divided into male and female. Not work could afford only the wealthy ladies of high society. 14-15-hour working day in textile mills beginning of the XIX century - a common practice. And so not only working men and women, but often children.

Previously, women were beautiful women with a scythe from the waist up, and now the "inflated" dolls

Perhaps some truth in this, but the modern cosmetology helps to maintain a fresh appearance and youth for many years. Another situation was 100 years ago, youth passes quickly, and numerous labor and hard work turned 30-year-old women in the decrepit old women.

"Women in our area is certainly beautiful, tall and age fifteen or sixteen badly folded (after sixteen figures they deteriorate, through hard work). The earlier a woman gets married, the sooner it gets deflorate, peaky ", - Olga Semenova Tien Shan.

Previously, no cancer, no ectopic pregnancies was not, was not so much disease

The cancer was. Just do not know about its existence, but scientists have discovered Egyptologists cancer signsin one of the mummies of ancient Egypt. Ectopic pregnancies were, they ended banal - death. If a person is badly broke his leg, he remained lame cripple the rest of his days - operations are not carried out. Many diseases would not because of them, no one knew, and they are not treated.

Previously, once lived and nothing ... The key word "somehow": dying in batches from diseases and childbirth, underfed, worked to exhaustion, hygiene was the most primitive level, and the usual otitis media, which can be successfully treated today in the 21st century, ended in a partial or complete deafness. And all these myths about rusokosyh plump beauties with babies in their arms, who gave birth to children in the field and were quite happy - not more than myths, after which it turns out that it is better to live in the 21st century with its GMOs, poor environment and childhood gadgets.

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