Amaleq13

Why do I suspect that the author of this rule is speaking from personal experience?

mrmoderate

Good point! I know if it happened to me I'd be yelling to put that clause in the rules

Vorkosigan

I remember reading somewhere that the ancient Israelites used to formalize oaths by grasping the other guy's make appendage. Most BIble translations use a formula like "under the thigh" to hide this homosocial activity:

NIV
1 Abraham was now old and well advanced in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way. 2 He said to the chief [1] servant in his household, the one in charge of all that he had, "Put your hand under my thigh. 3 I want you to swear by the LORD , the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living,

Genesis 47:29
When the time drew near for Israel to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If I have found favor in your eyes, put your hand under my thigh and promise that you will show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt,
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So maybe the woman was getting punished for oath-breaking, not privy-grabbing.