In ancient times women used to be treated as the property of men. And well nobody likes to use stuff that has already been used by someone else,right? Would you wear old clothes of someone else if you can buy new clothes for yourself? of course you wouldnt!!  Similarly nobody wanted to marry a girl who has already had sex with another man :)

And also because most religions required sex to be within marriage and sex outside marriage was considered adultery- a sin according to most religions :)  And since virginity was proof that the girl has not had sex with anyone else..... girls were required to be virgins at the time of marriage.. :)

It is important in some cultures.. like in India and maybe a few other eastern countries too.... And it is definitely important for practicing Christians :)

Education. Help me plz!

Help me correct these sentences. They are for my translating exercise. Thank you so much :)

1/ We have to rearrange ,develop and improve colleges, high schools and professional schools all over the country.

2/ The majority of labourer's children who had no chance of studying for a long time ago can go to school now.

3/ The new culture has to be  built relying on the principles of Marx-Leninism and socialist collective ownership.

4/ We need to combine teaching, studying, productive labour and sciencetific research.