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> Why again the Victorian moral project and supposed "prudery" was in the wrong, in the first place? Not sure I understand. From wiktionary, for 'prude': "A pe
by zasdffaa 5y ago
> Why again the Victorian moral project and supposed "prudery" was in the wrong, in the first place?
Not sure I understand. From wiktionary, for 'prude': "A person who is or tries to be excessively proper, especially one who is easily offended by matters of a sexual nature"
That doesn't sound like a good thing. Is its?
- InitialLastName 5y agoThe sentence is a little garbled. My reading of it is "Why [is] the Victorian moral project and supposed 'prudery' [not an accurate assessment of Victorian attitudes] in the first place?"
- InitialLastName 5y agoAlternately, they could be arguing that "prudery" that originates from a project of improving societal morality is not necessarily a bad thing. The definition you propose applies a modern, negative connotation to "prude" that is certainly present in the English language, but there could also be more sympathetic interpretations of the same characteristic ("innocent" and "straight-laced" and "proper" come to mind).
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