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Joe Biden: We need to stop this culture of rape jokes and 'locker room banter'

June 14, 2016
MSN
By
Rachel Revesz

The phrase “rule of thumb” comes from the 1300s, when courts ruled that men could no longer beat their wives with a rod of a larger circumference than their thumb.

It was a powerful metaphor from US vice president Joe Biden to illustrate the gender inequality that continues today.

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