Sorry, Johnny, but I'm just trying to keep you afloat here.
So, what would have happened to the girl who was raped in approximately "Deuteronomy times" if they didn't make the man who raped her marry her? She would have been the responsibility of her father or eldest brother and lived with him in his household. Were this not possible her existence would have been similar to that of Esther - she would have eked out an existence gleaning grain from the harvested fields. Why? Because the "same yesterday, today and tomorrow" God of the Bible apparently told the men of that time to treat women that way.
Oddly enough, that "same yesterday, today and tomorrow" God of the Bible seems to have changed his mind today, and allows single women the right to work and earn a living on their own, without having to be the chattel of some male - especially not a male who raped her.
Bonus, huh?
Knapplcy,
Exactly, she would have been homeless if she had no father or elder brother. Thank you, finally you came up with the answer you get a treat!! See I knew you could figure it out, of course, today is much better for women, the text was written how many years ago and man was much more of a patriarchal society.
So... you're saying it's better for her to have to live with her rapist than to be free to live on her own? Wow.