Let's say I've gravely insulted a man in early 19th century anglo-saxon upper-class society. Bad enough to warrant a duel. But I'm a woman. What happens now?
I was challenged to duel in an april fool's thread, https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1s9hk2m/aita_for_defending_the_sacred_honor_of_my_dear/ , by a Mr. Jackson (alias u/MajGenJackson). I might have called him a murderer and bad husband, and now it's public and written down.
I'm now wondering what legal or social recourse a man had after a women insulted his honor, in a way that would lead to a duel if she was a man?
u/lazy_human5040 — 1 day ago