especially historically speaking - joining a covent was the only respectable way for aristocratic women to not marry. which is why i assumed many of those who did were gay or asexual or queer in whatever way.
Could be one of those public secrets from centuries...
I remember the case of one community, that agreed to participate in a gestalt psychology study (if my memory font fail me) and became a radical group of nuns
Researching I saw that someone did a doc about it called Rebel Hearts
subrosa wrote
beautifully illustrated lol