prudery

Example Sentences

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The Christian right are the villains in "Footloose" and American attitudes towards the prudery caucus haven't grown any warmer since then.

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DeSantis, with his "don't say gay" law and pro-censorship stance, just tips too far into the prudery camp to keep those voters from fading away.

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The abortion issue doesn't just unify the Democratic base, it creates a wedge between the fundamentalists and the rest of the GOP base that isn't nearly so keen on the politics of prudery.

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Forced by this aggressive prudery to actually talk about sex, progressives started, in many cases reluctantly, making the positive argument for consensual sex.

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He was fired because of indefensible and harmful prudery.

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