I literally think the concept of prudishness was invented by men to mock women who wouldn't have sex with them.
That and the word "slut" - a word coined by a man to describe a woman who would give it up to everybody else but him.
In the early 18th century there was a lot of talk about the тАЬprudesтАЭ versus the тАЬflirtsтАЭ - one way of setting women against each other, based entirely on their relationship with men. Dr Johnson thought they were as bad as each other.
The Rose and the Lily, the Whore and the Virgin, and other vicious male concepts.
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I literally think the concept of prudishness was invented by men to mock women who wouldn't have sex with them.
That and the word "slut" - a word coined by a man to describe a woman who would give it up to everybody else but him.
In the early 18th century there was a lot of talk about the тАЬprudesтАЭ versus the тАЬflirtsтАЭ - one way of setting women against each other, based entirely on their relationship with men. Dr Johnson thought they were as bad as each other.
The Rose and the Lily, the Whore and the Virgin, and other vicious male concepts.