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In a society which really supported marriage the wife would be encouraged to go to the office and make love to her husband on the company's time and with its blessing.

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Brendan Behan
Age: 41 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 9
Died: 1964
Died: March 20
Journalist
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Dublin city
Brendan Francis Aidan Behan
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