What are some vile facts about the Victorian era?

Young boys were sent up chimneys to clean them. Children and women worked 12 hour shifts down mines. Married women owned nothing. No birth control. Cholera was rampant due to wells being contaminated. Poor families were separated and sent to workhouses. read more

Young boys were sent up chimneys to clean them. Children and women worked 12 hour shifts down mines. Married women owned nothing. No birth control. Cholera was rampant due to wells being contaminated. read more

Despite the Victorian obsession with sexual mores, fellatio was not considered “sex”. William Gladstone, who was prime minister four or five times in the Victorian Era, was famous for saving young women from lives as prostitutes by allowing them to live in his home while they redeemed themselves. read more

Some of the best were written in this era, think of Dracula and the works of Edgar Allan Poe. 8. A lady would not wear a skirt that showed her ankles."modesty boards" were made to hide the womans ankles when she would sit as exposing your ankle was considered too racy. read more