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CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Stormyfemme@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Maiden” used to imply virginity and “fair” implies light, usually white, skin. Doesn’t take a leap to figure out why censors in the 60s would have found it objectionable to call attention to that.

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  • CraigeryTheKid@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I wasn’t even thinking about words like maiden having “deeper” meaning back then … Thanks!

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That’s why the term “Old Maid” used to be such a biting insult as well.

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    • tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Doesn’t it still mean virgin? If so what does it mean? Non-native speaker here.

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      • VindictiveJudge@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Nowadays ‘maiden’ can just mean ‘young woman’.

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  • charonn0@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Oooh! Now I get it!

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• Stamets@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The 60s were a very different time. Her talking about her virginity in any way would have been taboo to all hell.

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