"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge."
But you can tell that was written by a 18th century man who wanted some
And not a mother of a young woman of the time,
Not saying he's wrong just easier to say when your a rich single man who could get who and what he wanted when he wanted .probably
Not a mother who wanted a better life for her Daughter Or at least a better market price
Can you imagine though, how awful would it be to marry someone and then find out that you were totally sexually incompatible. I guess in those days and with their virtue (as such) intact, they wouldn't have known whether they were getting good or bad sex.