That is pure unfounded speculation on your part.
Or fantacizing.
It's neither. It's years of observation.
A stricture-bound, approval-starved legalist is a lot more apt to fall for flirting, for attention, and more apt to fall for the fantasy that he's special, finally appreciated, in a special relationship, when he's actually swimming in the public pool.
The Whited Sepulchres would appear to be secret fans of the Fallen Women. ;^)