Janhavi Pandurangi

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Within the royal family, sex and violence go hand in hand. While taking a walk on the palace roof one day, David peeping-toms a naked woman, Bathsheba, and likes what he sees, so he sends her husband to be killed in battle and adds her to his seraglio.
The Better Angels of Our Nature: A History of Violence and Humanity
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