>>9179611
>You are dancing around with semantics. In any case a samurai-ko is sworn to celibacy until marriage.
You know, you're ALWAYS celibate until you get married. You might as well say you or I are celibate until marriage.
>And those that did and were caught were publically shamed, far more so than unmarried men. 1E pages 25-26. I am not being misogynist, I am just stating facts according to fluff.
Outdated fluff from three editions ago. Don't be a dumbass, you've already misquoted enough fluff, either put the direct text (which is still outdated enough to be utterly irrelevant) or go away.
>Seriously, getting with a Ronin is a great way to ruin your life, you will be damaged goods that no one will want. Marriage in Rokugan is a bit of political capital and the primary means of producing heirs, nothing more.
>inplying it was ever implied marriages were for love
Rokugani don't really care much about virginity, you take the wife your parents picked out for you, and you don't whine about her. I believe "get some renown" was used as advice for that Ronin for precisely that reason, and even THEN would only matter if he married her.
Incidentally, remember that one Ronin who married the EMPEROR'S FUCKING DAUGHTER? Yeah.
Moron.