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11541698 No.11541698 [Reply] [Original]

>"how a word which used to
mean the manliness of man has come to mean the chastity of woman."
what word is he talking about ?

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>> No.11541710

Gabagool

>> No.11541711

>>11541698
honor

>> No.11541731

>>11541698
Virtue (virtus)

>> No.11541754
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11541754

>>11541698
CARMELA

>> No.11541760

>>11541731
but ive never heard anyone reffer to chastity as virtue ? is this supposed to be late 19th centuary speak ?

>> No.11541964

>>11541760
In Catholic morality, chastity is placed opposite the deadly sin of lust, and is classified as one of seven virtues.

>> No.11542100

>>11541731
this.

>>11541698
this should've been a qttdtott

>> No.11542142

>>11541760

I'm pretty sure a woman's virginity was sometimes referred to as her "virtue".

>> No.11542203

>>11542100
there are no question threads on this board for a pretty apparent reason desu

>> No.11542219

>>11542203
I've seen some

>> No.11542421

>>11541710
fpbp