Which ancient civilizations have valued female virginity as prerequisite for marriage?: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40958324/
>>18653080Everyone used to do that especially Jewish cultures like Islam and Christianity lol.
>>18653110Not the celts not Germanics tho
>>18653080Not in ancient Europe apparently. Its a Semitic thing
Chinese dynasties also valued female virginity
Eveyone?
>>18653135>The Vestal Virgins were an elite order of female priestesses in ancient Rome dedicated to Vesta, the goddess of the hearth. Their most vital duty was keeping the sacred, eternal flame burning in Vesta’s temple, as Romans believed the survival and prosperity of the state depended on it. They also guarded sacred relics and important public documents, such as the wills of Roman leaders.>Typically numbering six at a time, Vestals were chosen from aristocratic families between the ages of six and ten. >They took a strict 30-year vow of celibacy, spending ten years learning the rituals, ten performing them, and ten teaching new initiates. In return, they enjoyed unprecedented freedom in Roman society: they were free from male legal guardianship, could own property, manage finances, write wills, and sat in VIP seats at public games. They were so revered that they held the power to pardon condemned criminals on sight.>However, their sacred status came with terrifying stakes. If a Vestal allowed the eternal fire to go out, she was severely beaten. If she broke her vow of chastity, it was considered treason against Rome. Because shedding her sacred blood was forbidden, a guilty Vestal was stripped of her honors and buried alive in an underground chamber with minimal rations, while her partner was beaten to death.>The order served as a cornerstone of Roman state religion for more than a thousand years until it was finally abolished in 394 CE by the Christian Emperor Theodosius I, who extinguished the sacred flame and banned pagan worship.
>>18654078No see>>18653120
>>18654441>Their most vital duty was keeping the sacred, eternal flame burning in Vesta’s temple, as Romans believed the survival and prosperity of the state depended on it>kept by girlsIt doesn't seem very patriarchal to me.
>>18653120So they married whores?
>>18654598You forgot the chastity under the threat of being buried alive and the privilege of not being subject to a male guarding as a "privilege" part
>>18654441If I recall, after these Vestal Virgins fulfilled their 30 year vow, they would be highly praised by rich roman men who would pay a lot of money in dowry in order to marry an ex-priesstess.
>>18654620Yes. Not even joking!!!
>>18654624>They also guarded sacred relics and important public documents, such as the wills of Roman leaders.
>>18653120>>18655273Lmao!
