“... the women had a scheme. If none of them had sex before marriage then the guy would marry his girlfriend..”
I completely understand what you are saying and I may be just nitpicking here but I disagree with the term “scheme”. I think our Mother’s generation lived more godly and conducted themselves more like good Christian women. I don’t think it was a thought out plan to get a husband. More like a way of viewing a strong marriage based in conservative principals. IMHO.
I used scheme tongue in cheek but didn’t do it well. They were much more religious than today, more modest, and they understood the gift they were giving with sex.
Modern science teachers that oxytocin plays a much stronger role in woman than men Evolution shows that women wanted a strong protector for a mate. These things kill feminists. Too bad. BTW did you ever met one? What a bitter, bitter group.
BTW, I used to box in my 20s but then gained weight and got up to 250. Do you know that at least five women in my new York office challenged me to arm wrestles, weight lifting contest, and one even a boxing match :) Did the arm wrestles for laughs but wouldn’t hurt them. Honesty, I felt NO pressure. Like I was holding air. Didn’t beat them for fear of hurting them. Just left m arm in upright position. Went to gymn with one and benched 250, low for me. The gal benched about 55 pounds. As for the girl who wanted to fight, I just punched a piece of the wall off in our elevator area, she looked stunned, and never said anything again. She also believed Stalin as a savior lol,
“System” is a better word for it than “scheme”, IMO.