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82:4.5 Since the [[chastity]] [[taboo]] had its [[origin]] as a [[phase]] of the [[property]] [[mores]], it applied at first to married women but not to unmarried girls. In later years, [[chastity]] was more demanded by the [[father]] than by the suitor; a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] was a commercial [[asset]] to the [[father]]—she brought a higher price. As [[chastity]] came more into demand, it was the [[practice]] to pay the father a bride fee in recognition of the service of properly rearing a chaste bride for the husband-to-be. When once started, this [[idea]] of [[female]] [[chastity]] took such hold on the races that it became the [[practice]] [[literally]] to cage up girls, actually to imprison them for years, in order to [[assure]] their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity]. And so the more recent [[standards]] and virginity tests [[automatically]] gave [[origin]] to the [[professional]] [[prostitute]] classes; they were the rejected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride brides], those [[women]] who were found by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom grooms]' mothers not to be virgins.

82:4.5 Since the [[chastity]] [[taboo]] had its [[origin]] as a [[phase]] of the [[property]] [[mores]], it applied at first to married women but not to unmarried girls. In later years, [[chastity]] was more demanded by the [[father]] than by the suitor; a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin virgin] was a commercial [[asset]] to the [[father]]—she brought a higher price. As [[chastity]] came more into demand, it was the [[practice]] to pay the father a bride fee in recognition of the service of properly rearing a chaste bride for the husband-to-be. When once started, this [[idea]] of [[female]] [[chastity]] took such hold on the races that it became the [[practice]] [[literally]] to cage up girls, actually to imprison them for years, in order to [[assure]] their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity]. And so the more recent [[standards]] and virginity tests [[automatically]] gave [[origin]] to the [[professional]] [[prostitute]] classes; they were the rejected [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bride brides], those [[women]] who were found by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groom grooms]' mothers not to be virgins.

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[[Category:Paper 82 - The Evolution of Marriage]]

[[Category:Paper 82 - The Evolution of Marriage]]