Definitely. I can't help but be slightly amused at the choice of words though, given "virtuous" comes from the Latin for "manly" (vir = man).

The love of a virtuous man is wonderful too.

Feminism was built on the rejection of women being thought of as the “weaker sex” and that women are “equal to men”. For 176 years women have used men as the benchmark for value. Not a lot of self-acceptance in that scheme. That’s ironic.

Any citations for it being rare?

Virtuous people are rare*, therefore their love must be equally rare.

* It was revealed to me in a dream

I had a dream the other night about David Hume’s irrational life.