Countdown in History: #5 The Victorian Era

Have you ever seen this movie called "High Fidelity" w/ John Cusak and Jack Black? In the movie they have a scene were they ask each other "name your top 5 musical era's you would have liked to live in & why?" This sparked my interest for a bit and it had me thinking about history itself. My imagination started running wild and started thinking about my "top 5". Then it dawned on me to write this blog about my top 5 time periods that I personally would have loved to lived in. I will be writting this blog in 5 separate post because its a lot of info. So here we go:

5. The Victorian Era 1837-1901

The first thing that comes to mind when people think about this period is all the crazy outfits of this era. Here is an example:


What do you know about dudes wearing crazy ass wigs and girls dresses that pushed up their breast to make you wonder if that shit was real?? This is before they had Victoria Secret.

The one thing that I loved about this era was the literal giants that poured out masterpieces like the Bronte sisters, Oscar Wilde, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Luis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charles Dickens to name a few. You might not know off the bat what those people contributed, but I'm sure you've seen movie's made from their works.

The Industrial Revolution was in full swing also while Charles Darwin publishes his evolution theory and Jack the Ripper strikes in London. A lot of crazy shit happened here!!

To be honest why this made it in my top 5, is because this time period was a fun time if you were a man. There were more women than men around that era. You know what that means right? Men were a prized commodity. Basic supply and demand. Plus the social standards was totally in our favor. Women were raised and disciplened to be virgins for thier future husbands. It was expected of them, so this meant fresh meat for the husband...haha. Not only was this good, but as a man you were suppose to have knowledge of bedroom manners in order to keep your wife happy. But how are you suppose to learn when pre-marital sex was heavily frowned on and enforced on the women? Only one answer......Prostitution...AHAHA The great thing about it was that it was normal and acceptable. Since there was an abundance of unmarried women due to the ratio, how else does single woman survive? Prostitution...In this era Prostitution flurished and was a norm in the society. Oh to be in the Victorian Era....AHAHA....