 searching for jobs rather than being a housewife), some people claimed that these women were "loose" and looking for trouble.Giving up the gender roles of mother and wife was seen as defiant against traditional values while immersing themselves within society created the excuse that women would "not [be] entitled to protection under the traditional guidelines for male-female relationships".Until the 19th century, many jurisdictions required ejaculation for the act to constitute the offense of rape.