"I doubt you would have, it's just something that is accepted. But, almost all of the girls who go through Hogwarts find themselves attracted to other girls, and most of them act on it. Padma explained it to me; that there is a legend from the time of the founders that Helga and Rowena were lovers, and, one day, in a fit of passion, she cast a spell that all girls should be able to feel as good as she does. The funny thing is, according to the legend, she really didn't even realize what she had done until after the first couple of classes had graduated and the women were all really close."