The Dread Slender Gnome on Nostr: Gets better. For a given meaning of the word. She also says the teaching was that ...

Gets better. For a given meaning of the word.
She also says the teaching was that when asked about a marriage proposal, a girl is not supposed to say "yes", because that might make her look too eager, and thus a "bad" girl. So therefore if she says nothing, it's taken to mean consent.

So a girl getting proposed to isn't even supposed to answer the proposal in the affirmative. Because that might make her look immoral.

Lovely community.