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<blockquote data-quote="Zardnaar" data-source="post: 7783925" data-attributes="member: 6716779"><p>Also now it's roughly 2 generations removed from when D&D is designed. The time frame involved is fairly similar to the children and teens of the 80s from WW2. </p><p></p><p> So blaming them for not being inclusive in the 80s with things like single sex schools is kind of like blaming the children and teenagers of the 40s for the war. It's absurd. </p><p></p><p> Times were different, no social media, no internet as such, corporal punishment existed in the schools (teachers could and would strap/cane you), alot of schools were single sex. Women could also cop it rough if she married an <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> even here domestic abuse wasn't a crime until the mid 80s.</p><p></p><p> If you were lucky you had decent parents who did the best they could as circumstances allowed. If you were unlucky it was your parents doing the abuse and in the 80s the law wasn't good for much in that regard at best child services night remove you and it was a crap shoot for fostering. </p><p></p><p> I mean it's only 30 years bad things still happen but back then it didn't even happen behind closed doors. Main point being it was just different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zardnaar, post: 7783925, member: 6716779"] Also now it's roughly 2 generations removed from when D&D is designed. The time frame involved is fairly similar to the children and teens of the 80s from WW2. So blaming them for not being inclusive in the 80s with things like single sex schools is kind of like blaming the children and teenagers of the 40s for the war. It's absurd. Times were different, no social media, no internet as such, corporal punishment existed in the schools (teachers could and would strap/cane you), alot of schools were single sex. Women could also cop it rough if she married an :):):):):):):):) even here domestic abuse wasn't a crime until the mid 80s. If you were lucky you had decent parents who did the best they could as circumstances allowed. If you were unlucky it was your parents doing the abuse and in the 80s the law wasn't good for much in that regard at best child services night remove you and it was a crap shoot for fostering. I mean it's only 30 years bad things still happen but back then it didn't even happen behind closed doors. Main point being it was just different. [/QUOTE]
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