All men are created equal, and both men and women should be accorded the same respect and rights. This seems to be a situation that should be taken for granted at the moment, but it has taken countless years for human beings to achieve it. Even now, there are many regions where there are extremely unfair systems of men and women.
Of course, the same is true in the ancient times of the mainland, compared to men, the status of women is extremely low, whether it is "only villains and women are difficult to raise" or the previous three from four virtues, all of them are deadly restraining women, and then the wrapping of small feet is further destroyed by women through psychology, and the life of women who bear the reproduction of human races in ancient times is extremely tragic.
Even under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, where the status of women was relatively high, and even under the rule of Wu Zetian, the only female emperor, the status of women in ancient times was still inferior to that of men. In the ancients' view, women seemed to depend on men. In this case, they are strictly restricted, and the Chastity Arch is one of the most typical reflections.
Countless women choose to die because of their chastity, and chastity has become more important than their lives. However, it is not difficult for us to find that when their virginity is taken away by the flower pickers, they can only choose to compromise.
First, whenever and wherever life is, life is the most important.
Whether it is some historical anecdotes or materials, or some TV series, we will find that we will more or less depict some virtuous women, that is, they choose to end their lives after losing their virginity. But in real life, we need to understand that whenever and wherever, life should be put first, life is always above all else, and the same is true for ancient women.
As a kind of thief, the flower thief will naturally not be a kind-hearted person, after all, after he is discovered, he will also have to pay the price of life, but before that, this woman will definitely lose her life. And the women in history or in film and television dramas who are willing to die for their virginity are also because the loss of virginity has been known to some people, and the social background at that time no longer allows them to survive.
After all, the premise of all things is to live, so that there is hope of revenge and the opportunity to experience the rest of life. And the flower pickers will not publicize it with great fanfare, so that they also have the opportunity to hide.
Second, the fact that there are already huge differences in the strength of men and women forces them to accept.
Whether in ancient times or now, one thing we have to admit is that men's strength is generally greater than that of women, which is why men's status has become higher and higher after human society has entered the feudal period, after all, underdeveloped science and technology requires many things to be based on strength.
In the face of the arrival of the flower pickers, there are very few women who can resist. Not to mention that they have been living in the deep boudoir for a long time and have further lost the opportunity to ask for help. When there is no way to resist, they can only be humiliated.
Third, the flower picking thief is an unusual means.
Compared with ordinary people, the flower thief definitely has his own extremely prominent side, so that he can repeatedly succeed and successfully retire. Some of them have high martial arts, some rely on excellent eloquence and bright appearance as cover, and some have unique skills.
For example, during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the high monk Tan Xian, used his identity to be a flower picking thief many times; and during the Chenghua period of the Ming Dynasty, a man named Sang Chong made countless women invincible with his superb transfiguration technique, and thus suffered a cruel hand.
Fourth, the ancient concept of clans was stronger.
We often say that one side has the support of the eight parties, and in ancient times there may not have been such a high sense of unity, but if the scope is narrowed, it is not difficult to find that their sense of unity is even much higher than this, and this range is the clan, after all, the punishment of the nine clans and so on also makes everyone have to pay attention to the clan.
Although the ancient women's social status is low, they are still a part of the society, if the loss of virginity is passed out, they will not only lose their lives, suffer from the white eyes and discrimination around them, but also make their family's reputation suffer, and they will not be able to slow down for several years, thus affecting the future development of the entire family.
Based on this consideration, they can only choose to suffer in silence. After all, in ancient times, there was no law specifically for women to lose their virginity, and even if they existed, they were punished for flower pickers, but at the same time, the punishment was obviously more intense for women and their families.
The status of ancient women was low, and their lives were miserable. However, with the gradual development of human society, the current social status of women has been the same as that of men, and the concept that women can hold up half of the sky has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and no one no longer despises women, at least in most areas of the mainland. And as the law became more and more sound, it also provided a real protection for women's chastity, so that they would not be forced to accept it, as in ancient times, or at the cost of their lives and being pointed out after death.
In ancient times, when "chastity" was greater than "life", why didn't a woman fight to the death when she met a flower thief?
In ancient times, when chastity was concerned, why didn't a woman resist after encountering a flower thief?