A feudal practice against women

Droit de seigneur literally means the right of the lord. This custom from the European Middle Ages (5th century) and beyond allowed a feudal lord to deflower the bride of his serf on her wedding night. In plain fact, it amounted to rape. So it's appropriate that on St Valentine's Day last Thursday, we observed One Billion Rising, a global call to protest violence against women by dancing publicly. 

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