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**** Hence why she can refuse and he can't.
***** The reason for this being that in Bible times non-widowed non-virgins had virtually no chance of being married after being deflowered, (unless already betrothed) so marrying her rapist/lover was the only way she could get married and have some status in society. Getting married was woman's only option in those days unless she wanted to be an outcast.
* [[Discussed Trope]] and averted in ''[[The Epic of Gilgamesh]]'', where the titular character refusedrefuses Ishtar, a goddess, seducing<ref>can'tattempting rememberto the original context...</ref>seduce him, in a very interesting case of [[Genre Savvy|genre-savviness]] (- remember, this is THE oldest written story EVER),. byGilgamesh namingdoes theso mythologicalspecifically figuresby naming others who met a horrible demise from accepting suchher offer. It- though it's debatable whether he knew [[Woman Scorned|what his refusal would mean]] or not.
 
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