3 hours agoEuropean State With Death Sentence for Kissing Public
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)On March 9, 1562, in Naples, Italy, the public kiss was banned, and it became punishable by death. If the authorities saw a couple kissing, then the death penalty followed. Institutions were concerned about morals and public health, Kosovas Pres passes. However, this action had little effect on [...]
Institutions were concerned about morals and public health, Kosovas Pres passes. However, this action had little effect on the spread of the plague in Europe.
This seems to be just the beginning of the history of stopping kissing in public. In 1910, France stopped kissing at stations because they considered kissing to be delaying transportation.
Control of sex has often been part of censorship throughout history. In Great Britain in 1439, King Henry VI stopped kissing in an effort to prevent the spread of a disease in his kingdom.
