Oh yeah, because a good scolding works so well for addicts. Here's an example: Gay men. For decades they were shunned and told they were horrible. The act was

Oh yeah, because a good scolding works so well for addicts. Here's an example: Gay men. For decades they were shunned and told they were horrible. The act was illegal, and if a gay man flirted with someone, no-one'd look the other way if the fliter was assaulted, possibly killed. You could be fired for being gay, or kicked out of your home. As a result there were very few acts of gay sex and many gay men did not live as gay men, instead staying in the closet and living as if they were straight; wife, kids the lot. So yes, shunning and scolding people can work to reduce the rate of which the sex act is done. (How else can you explain how many gay men lived as straight men for so long?)