In biblical times, because unmarried [[females]] who lost their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity] had also lost much of their [[value]] as [[marriage]] prospects, the [[Old Testament]] [[Book of Exodus]] specifies that the seducer must marry his [[victim]] or pay her [[father]] to [[compensate]] him for his loss of the [[marriage]] [[Money|price]]: "And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.22] | In biblical times, because unmarried [[females]] who lost their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginity virginity] had also lost much of their [[value]] as [[marriage]] prospects, the [[Old Testament]] [[Book of Exodus]] specifies that the seducer must marry his [[victim]] or pay her [[father]] to [[compensate]] him for his loss of the [[marriage]] [[Money|price]]: "And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins."[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Exodus#Chapter_.22] |