I’m a little obsessed ngl. Saw them live last year and it was an amazing experience!

I annoy some on Lemmy because of my feminist views. Doesn’t bother me, but thank you for your comment!

That’s fair, there certainly can be a power dynamic shift within a relationship with regard to number of children.

That’s fair and sorry to be blunt. Your intent was to see the good and I do appreciate that.

Haha I’m not wrong about dark complexion Irish people existing which is the only fact I pointed out.

Thanks for digging up more info on the pic!

My father was the fourteenth child out of sixteen siblings. I’m very familiar with this type of family setup.

Regardless of women who want big families, 16 children is abuse. Both of the mother’s body and of the children as human beings.

I’ve given birth before as well. It is dangerous to have pregnancies back to back.

Women didn’t have nearly as much choice back then.

No problem :)

Tone can be so hard to convey on text and then further complicated with neurodivergence haha

You completely missed the point about the children being so close in age.

It was dangerous and painful for this woman.

Posting a paywalled article kind of defeats the purpose. Anyone have a link to the whole thing?

In the United States, the term “Black Irish” was initially used in the 19th century to derogatorily describe Irish refugees of the Great Famine.[1] It later shifted into a term used to describe people of Irish descent who have black or dark-colored hair, blue or dark eyes, or otherwise dark coloring.[2][3] This meaning is not commonly used in Ireland,[1] where “Black Irish” more refers to Irish people of sub-Saharan African descent.[4]

The most common use of the term “Black Irish” is tied to the myth that they were descended from Spanish sailors shipwrecked during the Spanish Armada of 1588.[5][6][7][8][9][10] However, no anthropological, historical, or genetic research supports this story. Some theorists assert that the term was adopted in some cases by Irish Americans who wanted to conceal interracial unions with African Americans, paralleling the phrase “Black Dutch” which was also used in the United States to hide racial identity.[11][12][13] Likewise, the concept of “Black Irish” was also used by some Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders to racially pass themselves into Australian society.[14] In the earlier parts of the 19th century, “Black Irish” was sometimes used in the United States to describe biracial people of African and Irish descent.[9][10]

By the 20th century, “Black Irish” had become an identity played out by Irish-American authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Robert E. Howard. In 21st-century Ireland Black Irish is used primarily to refer to Irish nationals of African descent, and the alternative meaning is not commonly used.

There are Irish people with darker complexions than the stereotypical pale with red hair image you might be thinking.

I bet he enjoyed it more than her.

Could easily be Irish Catholics, too.

There are certainly people who choose to do this. But in the time period pictured, it is more likely that this woman had no other choice.

It’s ok to not laugh at a meme like this.

I’m absolutely sure that husband did not give his wife breaks at all.

There’s a lot of people who are uncomfortable with examining their long-held beliefs and biases.

Like that women like this wanted to have that many babies and that husbands have a right to sex with their wives no matter what.

Lol they aren’t inbred. My grandmother had 16 children so my eldest aunts were old enough to have their own babies while my grandmother was continuing to get pregnant herself.

Big shits have the life experience to know better though.

My eldest aunts ended up being pregnant the same time my grandmother was often.

There’s a lot of resentment and grudges in my family tree.

I don’t listen to much true crime anymore, but these guys stole my heart haha