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The naked truth of Lady Godiva
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    Posted: 15-Nov-2006 at 21:55
Amazing what you can fing trawling through the beeb archive. This report is old but none the less interesting.
 
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   Lady Godiva

Isn't that just like a man....to ask his wife to get naked so she can get what she wants (in this case to gain a remission of toll (tax)placed upon the tenants). I'd say that it was a very noble gesture on her part! Due to her nakedness, the tenants didn't have to pay tax! They all got a freebie! Sound familiar?
    

Edited by morticia - 16-Nov-2006 at 13:54
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Right Morticia, Plain old Male cahuvinism at work.

But it also symbolizes the Dedication & committment of women in general to all things good. In this case sacrificing something as important as her modesty for somebody's good.
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