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Family life: When fathers used to take the strap

Today, we talk about domestic violence. A wife has the right to report her husband for rape if he simply takes what he married her for. Not everywhere, but in …

"The olden days, things were simply better. Back then, men still took responsibility, and women treated them with respect. Children felt their mother's wooden spoon already at an early age. Teenagers learned to fear their father's leather strap, and the master of the house taught a rebellious wife what he expected of her. My books are about this world, where everyone still knew their place. They also describe a future in which everything might be the way it used to be."

Wolfram Steffen