History of the United States I / Unit 13 USH1 1819 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Complex Marriage
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The idea
Noyes advocated complex marriage, a form of communal marriage in which women and men who had achieved perfection could have intercourse without sin.
In practice
Male continence, whereby men would not ejaculate, freeing women from repeated pregnancy.
Where people slip
Scandalised out of Putney, Vermont, the community moved to Oneida, New York, and screened prospective members for perfection.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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