DYK #RobertDaleOwen set up a #FreeLove enclave in New Harmony, IN (1825)? He had no use for church teaching about sex & believed it was sacred & refreshed the soul. Love was all a anyone needed to have sex. Jesus & marriage had nothing to do with it. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

DYK some 19thC men, such as #JohnStuartMill (d.1873), #HenryBlackwell (d.1909), & #RobertDaleOwen (d.1877) yielded #coverture through prenuptial contracts w/their wives. But their documents had no legal weight. The men were merely making contracts w/themselves.

#RobertDaleOwen (d.1877) set up a free-love commune in New Harmony, Indiana, declaring sex was sacred, refreshed the soul, & that women should not have to worry about pregnancy to enjoy sex. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com

#RobertDaleOwen (d.1877) set up one of them in New Harmony, Indiana. He claimed that sex was sacred & refreshed the soul. Frances Wright (d.1852) set up the other at Nashoba in Tennessee. She believed sexual pleasure was the key to happiness & encouraged mixed-race sex.