Die, traitor! How women were punished for adultery at different times

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Die, traitor! How women were punished for adultery at different times

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Russia
According to popular belief, only a woman could be guilty of adultery, but not a man. The punishment was “disgracing” - the woman was not deliberately deprived of life, though not everyone was able to survive.
In the southwestern and central regions of the country, women were "knitted to a pole" for several days, they were led through the streets naked, and anyone could hit a woman or throw something at her. The Cossacks arranged the wrong "swimming on the lasso" in the hole. True, if the traitor was ready to publicly admit infidelity, the Cossack was supposed to forgive her. What is interesting is that the south of the region, the more severely they punished women’s treason — right up to death beatings; and the farther north, the softer the attitude towards infidelity. The "softness" of the northerners was due to an oversupply of the male population.

Western Europe
In medieval Europe, wives convicted of treason were punished with life imprisonment in the monastery or disfigured by depriving their nose, lips or ears. The death penalty for female treason was also widespread. Women preferred to be burned because it was believed that death at the stake "cleanses" and can save a lost soul unhappy.

Thailand
Now the Thais are one of the most peaceful and friendly nations, and in ancient times they came up with the cruelest punishment possible. The woman was placed in a cage of a special design, after which an elephant was brought to her, confident that there was a female in front of him. The animal literally tore unhappy.

China
The woman was covered with lard and set hungry dogs at her.

Burma
In northern Burma, in principle, there was no problem of punishing women: all girls at an early age put a ring on their neck, and with each bare number of rings increases, pulling the neck. By the time of puberty, the neck is extended so that the head can no longer hold onto the atrophied muscles independently. If a woman cheated on her husband, they simply took off the hoops from her neck, and she either died from a fracture of the cervical vertebrae or remained crippled.

The Roman Empire
In the Roman Empire, unfaithful women were sold in the marketplace to everyone. Subsequently, they began to chop off the noses. Naturally, men's treason, in principle, was not considered an act worthy of blame.

Greece
Female treason was punishable by death, and anyone could kill the wrong one in any convenient way. At the same time, in Sparta, adultery was not considered an act worthy of even censure, not to mention punishment.

Islamic states
In Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, and Nigeria, according to Sharia, those convicted of infidelity are stoned. This cruel punishment still applies.

Papua New Guinea
Amazingly, Papuans turned out to be the most merciful to women: a woman convicted of treason remained alive. Executed a man who seduced someone else's wife. His head was cut off, but before that, he had to eat the finger of his mistress.