#(dw guys eloise having a crush on theo doesn't count as cheating bc she didn't fuck him)

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I saw a post yesterday in a certain HR fandom that basically said the heroes having love interests/women they slept with before the heroines was tantamount to cheating and it was unfair because the women couldn't do the same.

#(dw guys eloise having a crush on theo doesn't count as cheating bc she didn't fuck him) #a) what a puritannical take #b) while this reflects the mores of the day mostly #it really doesnt reflect the fact that there were A Lot of out-of-wedlock pregnancies statistically speaking #and because this is HR written for a MODERN audience #what is stopping people from writing women from fucking around without consequences? #oh wait don't answer #historical romance