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The puritan moral codex we laugh about today, were actually- sex ed. In a time with unhealable venereal diseases, not going astray, was vital for survival. Stay true or die with syphilis. So- ironic as it sounds, most of the preacher preaching - was the sexed which was the style at the times.

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That’s post hoc rationalisation. Other cultures had basically the same outcomes without the oppression and obscurantism.

Just arguing for GP. It may be post hoc; but other cultures did not have such trouble with STDs. England, as a naval power, was expected to have such a problem and thus the puritan's advice also had practical benefit.

Which other cultures were sexually liberated, and did not have trouble with STDs? Large cultures that is, as larger populations are more at risk of disease.

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