And please add for widows, "My first husband was a lousy lover/gay/whatever" so they're either a virgin or still totally sexually clueless.
Oh, man, that trope makes me want to THROW THE BOOK AT A WALL. Because that is one of the BEST ways to have a historical romance heroine who knows about sex and authors will throw it away to worship at the alter of female virginity.
Because a.) God forbid she actually have experienced TRU LUV before the Earl of Romantic-Fuckingdale and b.) God forbid she ever have had a fulfilling sexual experience. Only the hero is allowed to give her that!
That's how she knows that his dick is the One True Dick.
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Oh, man, that trope makes me want to THROW THE BOOK AT A WALL. Because that is one of the BEST ways to have a historical romance heroine who knows about sex and authors will throw it away to worship at the alter of female virginity.
Because a.) God forbid she actually have experienced TRU LUV before the Earl of Romantic-Fuckingdale and b.) God forbid she ever have had a fulfilling sexual experience. Only the hero is allowed to give her that!
That's how she knows that his dick is the One True Dick.