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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."

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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.

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

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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.

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

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