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Female Nudity & Modesty

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

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Are There Similar Sanctions for Male Modesty in These Religions?

Within Christianity, there was this idea that it was the penetration of a woman that created a problem. The real purest Christians would argue that everyone should be chased. In part because people were becoming more liberal, the economy started doing quite well. But with it, inequality starts to increase. And what's happening is the church authorities are responding to that poverty. They're seeing greater need to do something about poverty. So they come up with a solution, which is to crack down on sex. That makes perfect sense. It's women that are the tempresses bloody, bloody women in their apple swiping ways.

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