2007-01-10 07:20:59 · 6 answers · asked by victorschool1 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Like everyone has said, it was because of the purity thing, but more importantly, virginity was highly prized (still is, officially anyway) and represented a great sacrifice, on the part of the sacrifice, of course, but also her (or his) family (if for nor other reason than they could be sold for a great price) and the village.
Good question, Drazo: How did they know? One way would be to sacrifice children (probably the most common way). Also, the societies were much smaller then, easier to keep tabs on who was where and doing what. Also, as is true in many cultures today, fathers would be expected to kill their daughters if they found out they weren't virgins, including if they didn't bleed on their wedding nights (unfortunate for girls with hymens with few blood vessels!), so there was good motivation to keep your legs crossed!
2007-01-10 10:20:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virginity stands for good and pure. Therefor one of the best to be given up for sacrifice. See back then being a virgin was good, and no one would take you for a wife if you were not pure. What happened to our culture?
2007-01-10 15:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by danceteacher5555 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As all above answers say, it's to do with purity. But I'm curious to how they knew who's a virgin?
2007-01-10 15:32:08 · answer #3 · answered by The other one 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they were thought of as 'pure'.
2007-01-10 15:42:53 · answer #4 · answered by Beata 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they were considered to be "pure" and without sin
2007-01-10 15:26:27 · answer #5 · answered by sunbun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It had to do with "purity".
2007-01-10 15:23:28 · answer #6 · answered by castle h 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋