virginal

Limiting concern only to victims who can be cast as "pure" and "virginal" makes it easier to write off all other victims as "asking for it."

Meister is cognizant of the roles she played herself: She says she was cast because she was a virginal blond, but that going on “Road Rules” helped her evolve politically.

Sister Megan is a virginal bride of Christ, and a journalist with a morbid fascination with serial killers and crime scenes.

Instead, “People getting ready to do things” is spelled out in egg yolk, besmirching the virginal purity of its white satin support; and “It’s only vanishing cream” is translucent shellac disappearing against deathly black.

Before Roberts, the romance genre was dominated by tepid and virginal women who were overpowered by brooding men.