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They chose the process. A few, after it happened, did not want the consequences and faced the sun of their own free will. The others continued in their new lives. It was better than the lives they led before. They were women who chose not to wed or preferred the romantic company of other women so they weren't... Productive to society, as it were.
I'm sure not everyone listens to those teachings but it is very sound advice and I was very, very lucky.