Before the 20th century, a woman's value was directly tied to her virginity. No man would marry a woman who had her cherry popped, and in the same way today that woman compete for attention on social media by being slutty, woman of a time past would compete over purity, which was a woman's only measure of worth. Now it seems like a woman who hasn't had at least one consummated relationship before becoming of age is a diamond in the rough. Of course, even then they lie.
