Women like Florence Become Nuns?
That's my guess. What did she think would happen on her wedding night? I agree with W.C. Fields: "All women are crazy. It is just a matter of degrees." It pays to take the buggy on a test drive before buying!
shareNot everyone is sex-crazy. Asexuals are just not interested, and are mostly invisible. They don't make a show of being uninterested in sex. They don't need to become nuns or priests. To some it is just disgusting. They can fall in love. Of course it is best if they fall in love with someone like them. It is only fairly recently that asexuality was recognized
Even in 1962, sex was not that much of a topic of conversation. There was a time when such things were not discussed with girls, and young women were not told about periods. I remember my Grandma telling me she thought she was dying. Most were not told what would happen on the wedding night. Florence's reaction was not surprising. It would be disgusting if one's feelings do not tend that way.
I am sure many young women were raped on their wedding nights back in the day.