>>27This is because children were the property of their fathers. Not just women, but men were married off at the will of the head of the household (usually a man). This was done to ensure that the head of the household controls how and with whom the lineage continues. Naturally, no man would have his son marry a woman who slept around with other men, or who was unfaithful and divorced before. So, in essence, a rapist damages your family's chance of growing. So a rapist has three options - reimburse the head of the household with money or property, face criminal justice (which in those days usually meant execution), or marry the woman and provide for her, for she would not be wanted by another man because she is already sullied.