People have been debating for many years whether or not or not Rose may have made room for Jack to match on the door, however one other level hotly contested is Rose’s virginal standing. “Titanic” takes place in 1912, a time when, based on Marshall Cavendish’s “Intercourse and Society,” 61% of males admitted to having premarital intercourse in comparison with solely 12% of ladies. Nevertheless, the movie deliberately leaves Rose’s virginal standing imprecise.

When Rose is presented the Coronary heart of the Ocean necklace, her 30-year-old fiancé Cal Hockley (Billy Zane) says, “There’s nothing I might deny you … if you happen to’d not deny me.” This line makes it sound like Rose has not but had intercourse with him, and he is hoping to bribe her with a large jewel to have intercourse earlier than marriage. I’ve all the time believed Rose to be a virgin and Cal is rightfully an a-hole for attempting to bribe his betrothed teen bride-to-be to f**okay him (amongst different causes). I’ve heard of us describe his character as “cartoonishly villainous,” which tells me they’ve by no means skilled an abusive, entitled man like Cal. Fortunate them.

Throughout breakfast, he reprimands her for attending a third-class get together with Jack as a substitute of screwing him. “I had hoped you’d come to me final evening,” he tells her. “I used to be drained,” she responds. He is exerting his controlling conduct, yelling at her and demolishing the effective dishes on the desk in a rage for her not behaving as anticipated. She is his “spouse in apply if not but by legislation” and tells her she should “honor [him] the way in which a spouse is required to honor a husband.” This actually seems like he is referring to a scarcity of submission and intercourse. Rose understands the facility and societal significance of her personal virginity, so her resolution to take autonomous management can’t be ignored.