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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Rose and the Lily, the Whore and the Virgin, and other vicious male concepts.

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