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For centuries, the cost of sexuality was born by the woman (literally) A child could come from this act, and it was all the woman's shame. It's revolting that this is the tale that the proverbs chose to highlight, when women were raped and then shamed for "falling" pregnant from that violence. Or women could fall in love, be happy, be young and the boy could walk away and she would have to carry the shame alone. So over men's opinions on what girls should do with their bodies...

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