Trotterdam wrote:My point is, in a nation without marriage, everyone would be a bachelor(ette), so the term would be meaningless. There would still be both virgins and non-virgins, so that term would still be meaningful, and vaguely comparable (but not identical) to the role bachelors have in other nations.The Free Joy State wrote:Actually, talk about virgins would be meaningless as well, with or without marriage, that just implies someone who's never had sex, whereas a "bachelor" implies someone who's never been married.
I'm not actually saying to change the text to using that, though, just explaining why such a nation wouldn't talk about bachelors.
The validity of the issue was already changed yesterday, as I said in the post you quoted. I see no need for further discussion.