It is not a big deal today, probably no one obeys the old fashioned rules, but would not it be nice to take a stride down memory lane?
So a woman who lost her innocence before marriage was considered to be of ill virtue and usually lost all chances for successful marriage. Man were in a slightly better position, they might have been thought of as sinful and lustful, but even that was hard to call ‘bad reputation’. Things began to change when it became apparent that more and more gals began to treat their ‘virtue’ with less sentiment. So whenever reading a nineteenth century novel explore how important marriage and cleanliness were.
Find out more, if you're really interested- http://www.allaboutworldview.org/Premarital-Sex.htm
So a woman who lost her innocence before marriage was considered to be of ill virtue and usually lost all chances for successful marriage. Man were in a slightly better position, they might have been thought of as sinful and lustful, but even that was hard to call ‘bad reputation’. Things began to change when it became apparent that more and more gals began to treat their ‘virtue’ with less sentiment. So whenever reading a nineteenth century novel explore how important marriage and cleanliness were.
Find out more, if you're really interested- http://www.allaboutworldview.org/Premarital-Sex.htm
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