I was merely trying to explain the origins of such behavior, painting it in the quaint and romantic sense with which I meant it... not the "do you need someone to wipe your ass" sense as was so eloquently put by another.
And if you honestly believe that anyone was "keeping their legs closed" before their wedding night, how do you explain that men where supposed to be experienced lovers, all those who "had to get married", all the children born out of wedlock, etc and so on? I guess that I am not the only one with the "inability" to uphold such "values". (See this is the part where I correct you for saying that I am attempting to hold up anything other than my skirt when I shag a bloke properly before I send him on his merry way when I am done with him.... but thanks for setting me straight, Spanky

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As I said before, I have a daddy and ain't none of yaz him. So I get to do what I want, when I want with whomever I want and do not feel the need to give explanantions. No man owns me, darlin'... see I gots a divorce.
I judge myself by my own rule, it does not mean that I am better or worse by anyone else's standards... but by my own alone. See, I decide for me about me - not you, not any other man, not another woman... no one. I answer to a higher authority.
"Act the way you want to be and soon you will become the way you have been acting."
I am self-confident and I expect to be treated in certain manner. I am an adult female who knows what she has to offer another woman, a child and even a man. None of this has anything to do with how I view another or how I think they view me.
My value does not begin or end with my sex. Heck, my value has NOTHING to do with my sex. Sorry if I don't give you permission to degrade me by using that against me.
If it is not your habit to date women who also hold a likewise high opinion of themselves (without feeling the need to put others down in order to accomplish that) then I repeat, that sir, is on YOU.