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The Bert Show

Are You TOO Old To Be A Spinster?

The Bert Show

The Bert Show

Entertainment News, Society & Culture, Comedy, News

4.14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Are you a #Spinster? Probably not! Because you're TOO OLD. Cassie shares the "good" news. Learn more about spinsterhood here: https://bit.ly/3Om1h44 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The virtue.

0:01.0

Hi, so Cassie.

0:02.0

Cassie here is thinking, look, if you are feeling good about yourself this morning, she wants

0:07.7

to make sure that a lot of you guys listening have already been labeled a spencer.

0:11.1

Listen, I'm going to give the power back to you.

0:13.8

Okay, so here's the thing, if you guys don't know the term spencer, it's akin to old made.

0:17.8

It came about in the 1300s.

0:20.3

It means a 1300s.

0:22.3

1300s.

0:23.3

It means in back.

0:24.3

It's used in a negative connotation like for an unmarried single woman.

0:29.9

But of course, spencer actually meant you could make a really decent living, living,

0:33.5

like spinning, thread and clothing.

0:36.0

So you didn't need to marry a man because you were able to be independent.

0:39.8

So then they're called spinsters and all these paintings came out like they're going to

0:44.7

be punished in hell for not marrying and being an old made bad thing.

0:48.8

It actually sounds like a compliment.

0:50.5

Like you can take care of yourself and you're capable.

0:52.5

You don't need a man.

0:53.5

So men are going to label you just to put you down.

0:56.4

Yes.

0:57.4

Yeah, because it was the 1300s.

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