Why would any woman want to be Christian?

[John V]

So the verse obviously means a couple caught in the act, which may or may not be forcible, but the woman has no choice but to be his wife for the rest of her life. That will teach them!

Was going to point out that "rape" is a bad (or at best contested) translation of that verse. Those verses are a protection for women. A woman not a virgin was less likely to get a husband in that culture. This forced the man who took her virginity (quite possibly by saying he loved her and would marry her) to support her for life. From what I've read the woman could opt out, but as she liked him enough to have the affair, she probably didn't want to in most cases.