My first foray into posting on this site; if I offend, none is intended. My interest is to see if more informed members could enlighten me on this topic and how it has evolved from historical customs.
My perusal of the various subject categories on the Literotica site (Loving Wives) indicates that there is a significant interest in stories about sharing wives with other men. The themes appear to revolve around the role of the husband as a) submissive facilitator of the act, b)enjoys watching his wife engaged in extramarital sex or c) enjoys the humiliation at the direction of his wife OR her partner. Sometime a husband is outraged and takes some type of revenge but this is not typically described as being cuckolded; most often this is described as cheating or betrayal.
I don't quite understand the appeal of those approaches involving a husband's consent but I understand "different strokes for different folks."
Most every story involving the term "Cuckold" includes a consenting husband.
When did the "Bull" designation begin to be applied to the wife's partner?
Is a "Bull" always of a different race?
Does the Cuckold by definition accede to his wife's desires?
What are his modern day options?
My confusion about this topic stems from common usage in the European countries. In some European countries primarily in the Mediterranean, if a man finds that he is being cuckolded, that knowledge becomes the basis of a "crime of honor." The Horns of a Cuckold are hung on the front door of his house; the village used this device to tell him that his wife is sleeping with another man. "To wear the Horns" is to admit that his manhood is diminished; he is less to be respected, a man not to be feared. To preserve his honor and that of his family, he is considered to be remiss if he doesn't hunt down the couple to catch them in the act and kill them.
Presumably, this was a social custom that added to the stability of the family unit. A man would be foolish to bed a married woman if there existed the certainty of death or bodily harm for the act. A wife who chose another man would think twice if she knew physical harm was the price to be paid for her breaking of the marriage vow, "to forsake all others." A woman so disposed would typically be ostracized by other women because her willingness to "stray" from her marital bed would put other marriages at risk.
Would any other Literotica member be able to clarify the shift in custom?
My perusal of the various subject categories on the Literotica site (Loving Wives) indicates that there is a significant interest in stories about sharing wives with other men. The themes appear to revolve around the role of the husband as a) submissive facilitator of the act, b)enjoys watching his wife engaged in extramarital sex or c) enjoys the humiliation at the direction of his wife OR her partner. Sometime a husband is outraged and takes some type of revenge but this is not typically described as being cuckolded; most often this is described as cheating or betrayal.
I don't quite understand the appeal of those approaches involving a husband's consent but I understand "different strokes for different folks."
Most every story involving the term "Cuckold" includes a consenting husband.
When did the "Bull" designation begin to be applied to the wife's partner?
Is a "Bull" always of a different race?
Does the Cuckold by definition accede to his wife's desires?
What are his modern day options?
My confusion about this topic stems from common usage in the European countries. In some European countries primarily in the Mediterranean, if a man finds that he is being cuckolded, that knowledge becomes the basis of a "crime of honor." The Horns of a Cuckold are hung on the front door of his house; the village used this device to tell him that his wife is sleeping with another man. "To wear the Horns" is to admit that his manhood is diminished; he is less to be respected, a man not to be feared. To preserve his honor and that of his family, he is considered to be remiss if he doesn't hunt down the couple to catch them in the act and kill them.
Presumably, this was a social custom that added to the stability of the family unit. A man would be foolish to bed a married woman if there existed the certainty of death or bodily harm for the act. A wife who chose another man would think twice if she knew physical harm was the price to be paid for her breaking of the marriage vow, "to forsake all others." A woman so disposed would typically be ostracized by other women because her willingness to "stray" from her marital bed would put other marriages at risk.
Would any other Literotica member be able to clarify the shift in custom?
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