When you look at the photos you can see it in their eyes: they’re lovely women who had little to no control over their lives or destiny. We can only think of it as a profound torture to be chained to another body, but, as strange as it sounds, they always had each other so there was at least ONE person on the planet who could sympathize. So many ironies. So peculiar. So unimaginable, and yet we try…

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