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It was a moral panic though, rather than a reflection on the legitimate bodily harm of consumption. The prohibitionists were not arguing to save alcoholics live
by zanny 7y ago
It was a moral panic though, rather than a reflection on the legitimate bodily harm of consumption. The prohibitionists were not arguing to save alcoholics livers, they were arguing to ban perceived unchristian behavior.
- philwelch 7y agoDomestic abuse was a large part of it; the temperance movement was largely and at times primarily comprised of women, and the temperance movement was closely linked to the women's suffrage movement.