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I assure you that not all female husbands are what they seem. Some are even seen to the world as men. I was reading an article on listverse that listed ten "female husbands" of history. Women whom dressed as men for whatever reason. Some to earn more money, others to escape abusive or dangerous situations. The ones listed do not talk of actual lesbian women, but they do mention several women whom, after finding out their husbands were men, were just as content to stay with them. I will link the article below but I wanted to give my own thoughts on this. I find that an article like this is very interesting. It is not something we perceive to have happened in centuries past. Sure we've heard a time or two where a woman dressed up to be a man to earn more money. I've never heard of any who did so to get away from an abusive situation, or like one lady, because she was raise das a man. That latter part actually makes me think of a book I once read but that's a bit off the subject. These little "oddities" and "Taboos" make us realize that our perception of the lives of our ancestors are far off. I know that personally I've always thought that people living in the 1700 and 1800's are god fearing, simple tradesmen who live off the land and stick to their morals and roles. To see that the "women folk" were more bawsy then meets the eye, well that just makes me smile.