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They were sufficiently comfortable that the leprosarium was theirs to send their wives and children to the place.
Rural landlessness thus compelled husbands and wives to argue about masculinity and marriage in a context where men could not be good husbands.
He is aware that the threat of a polygamous marriage gave men leverage over their wives, even if the threat was not always carried out.
Whenever the men were not speaking, their wives handled the necessary business between the families through letters and visits.
They were asked a series of questions about their work and family histories ; 53 of their wives also took part.
In the smaller karkhanas, owners, their wives and their children continued to do weaving and other tasks alongside hired labour.
Citizens' wives and daughters were far more likely to be the subjects of petitions and pleas for mercy than were marginal women and outsiders.
Most of the earliest bishops' wives were uncommemorated after death.
Although formally the dowry remained in the complete control of wives, husbands apparently relied on these dowries as available credit.
Childless wives are therefore likely to underestimate the possible disadvantages of their position.
Firstly 56 per cent (157) of the husbands denied their credit to wives who had eloped.
While not denying that they had confined their wives, they downplayed its significance.
Husbands and wives generally retain separate budgets, with the husbands contributing to the maintenance of the children but only covering a part of their costs.
Wives made active claims on their incomes for domestic maintenance, so that such contributions came to be seen as less and less discretionary.
The importance of railwaymen's economic contributions reinforced prevailing notions that men were considered household heads, even when wives earned income as well.
