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Harlots

So, I like to watch period pieces, it's like the other side of harlequin historical romance books. I happened upon the series Harlots on HULU, It gave me a view of the darker side in visual. Being a women in what they called the "age of romance" was a myth. Besides having questionable hygene issues, women were often just pawns and objects to be moved and traded about. Any woman who didn't have a husband or a "man" to control her money was just a object. It had to be hard being an actual true blue woman, especially back then, not to mention if you were on the other side of man/woman, add black to it and the plot thickens, those in the UK had to be wary of slave stealers, who would kidnap africans and send them to the america where they got paid -0 to do EVERYTHING. It was so revealing to see under those hot wigs and horrid white makeup, that the good, the bad and the ugly was alive and kicking. Those hot dresses with the smushy bust line, so uncomfort