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12. A lot of women were sent to convents against their will

Thu Feb 14, 2019, 01:02 PM

Feb 2019

There is a film about a laundry convent in Ireland that ws nothing more than a sweatshop prison for women deamed "inconvenient" by their families.

The Magdalene Sisters (2002) - IMDb
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0318411

Aug 30, 2002 · One of many like institutions, the asylums are run like prisons and young girls are forced to do workhouse laundry and hard labor. The asylum, one of many that existed in theocratic Catholic Ireland, is for supposedly 'fallen' women.

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Archive shows medieval nun faked her own death to escape convent. [View all] Cattledog Feb 2019 OP

This would make a good plot for a movie. madaboutharry Feb 2019 #1

Way to go Joan!!!! revmclaren Feb 2019 #2

Hideous not Humorous. delisen Feb 2019 #3

Sounds like something from the Decamerone trusty elf Feb 2019 #4

decameron. it does indeed, tho, they may have her escaping a bad priest. or saw a fine looking lad. pansypoo53219 Feb 2019 #8

Escaping rape? czarjak Feb 2019 #5

Go Joan! malaise Feb 2019 #6

Translation: Joan wanted to have a fun life and get laid once in a while leftofcool Feb 2019 #7

Haha, awesome! trotsky Feb 2019 #9

Good for her! She made her own choice. MineralMan Feb 2019 #10

Poverty and Obedience Cartoonist Feb 2019 #11

A lot of women were sent to convents against their will Merlot Feb 2019 #12

In other words, she lived happily ever after. gtar100 Feb 2019 #13