| 单词 | prudishness |
| 例句 | Perhaps at this age we return to the prudishness we had as children. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z And there hasn’t really been anything on the past 20 years, which may have to do with some newfound prudishness in society in general which sort of filters down to science as well. From duck vaginas to bumblebee sex: The amazing, overlooked science of genitals 2014-05-10T20:00:00Z Richard Burger neatly navigates these contradictions in “Behind the Red Door: Sex in China,” showing how lust and prudishness, openness and repression, indecency and modesty can coexist in the People’s Republic. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z But the "Glee" episode itself was neutered by network content restrictions and the producers' skittishness, even more severely than Will's proposed high school version, was neutered by Sue Sylvester's prudishness. Can "Glee" be saved? 2011-02-14T16:30:00Z In a poke at early 1960s prudishness, an episode in the first season of “Mad Men” featured a wired girdle called the Electrosizer. Vibrators Carry the Conversation 2011-04-20T21:56:26Z I think it’s worthwhile to challenge our own individual brand of prudishness, whatever it may be. My sexual resolutions 2012-12-30T02:00:00Z Throughout “The Years,” Ernaux traces the collapse of Catholic prudishness as it’s attacked by secularism, the pill, the legalization of abortion and the women’s movement. Reclaiming the Past in the Internet’s ‘Infinite Present’ 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z The cover sends out strong sexual messages, and even the mock prudishness of a subtitle covering the naked breasts of one of the women only enhance the thrill. Why Zoo's Kim Kardashian cover is wrong 2012-06-22T09:00:01Z The prudishness against studying sex, then, doesn’t just protect an old sense of propriety: it supports a whole system of assumptions and a social order. Plateau Stage: Masters of Sex Figures Itself Out 2013-11-04T13:45:39Z I myself am a bit prudish, so I think some of that is my inherent prudishness. "Zola" director on making a stripper and sex movie that looks and feels "consensual" 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Which all seems a desperately outmoded form of prudishness, like the wartime strippers at London's Windmill club who were allowed to pose naked, by the Lord Chamberlain's reluctant acquiescence, so long as they didn't move. How is this painting 'pornographic' and 'disgusting'? 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z To be sure, Chinese history was not without spells of prudishness. China’s schizophrenic sexual revolution 2012-12-23T14:00:00Z Jack and Bill – showing uncharacteristic prudishness – chose to walk out of the gates instead. TV review: Ruth Rendell's Thirteen Steps Down; The Riots; Escape from Colditz 2012-08-13T21:35:01Z I’m not just talking about the general prudishness surrounding women’s reproductive health issues. ‘I can’t forget the horror of my son’s birth’ | Leah McLaren 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z Let us praise, too, Brooks’s contribution to the end of cinematic prudishness. In Cold Blood: why isn’t the movie of Capote’s bestseller a masterpiece? 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z Some of those walkouts might well be due to prudishness or weak constitutions. Swiss Army Man: Daniel Radcliffe’s flatulent corpse prompts Sundance walkouts 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z Leonard accedes to Edward’s wishes but can’t stop delivering witty barbs about religion and prudishness, among other subjects. Theater Review: ‘Mary Broome’ by Allan Monkhouse at Mint Theater 2012-09-23T21:27:20Z Her prudishness has in an instant been vanquished by a peek at The Joy of Sex. The Accrington Pals; Di and Viv and Rose; One Monkey Don't Stop No Show – review 2013-01-27T00:06:22Z When one interviewer expressed skepticism at her new prudishness, she snapped back, "Hey, buddy, Christians have big breasts, too." Remembering "The Two and Only" Jane Russell: 1921-2011 2011-03-04T09:05:00Z For all these flashes of humor, a distinct sense of prudishness clings to these projects. ‘The Road Ahead: Reimagining Mobility’ Review: Future Imperfect 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z "You don't think Islam has had just as much an effect on prudishness?" Catherine Hakim: charm school marm 2011-08-19T22:01:41Z Such phrases are always followed by statements of astonishing prudishness. The real boobs in the Holly Willoughby dress row are the 139 angry viewers 2013-06-27T11:48:39Z She then told me a joke which would probably close this blog down if I printed it, so it wasn't prudishness talking. Adelaide festival 2013: week two 2013-03-14T08:39:42Z When the play premiered, its offenses against national pride and prudishness — while proclaiming his love for a local girl, Christy alludes to women’s “shifts” — prompted raucous protests. Solas Nua mounts an updated ‘Playboy of the Western World’ 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z That early prudishness proved surprisingly resilient in the 20th century. Review | Rodin never visited America, but he still seduced its art lovers 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z The changes have prompted biting commentary on social media from the show’s many Chinese superfans, who mocked the prudishness of censors and said the alterations reinforced gender stereotypes. ‘Friends’ in China: The One Where Ross’s Ex-Wife Isn’t Gay 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z An off-putting prudishness pervades the show; what’s the point of following New York’s most uptight singles? Review | I never thought I’d miss ‘How I Met Your Mother.’ Then I saw ‘How I Met Your Father.’ 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z However, the Washington Post columnist struck a drastically different tone upon the release of "Joker" last fall, declaring that the film "wants you to choose between provocation and prudishness." Washington Post columnist defends 'Cuties' from uproar after knocking 'Joker' as provocative 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Some questioned a wave of "prudishness" sweeping France, while others questioned if the practice was now banned. French minister defends topless sunbathing 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z “Is Sainte-Marie-la-Mer now Saudi Arabia?” wondered one user, while others slammed a creeping “prudishness” in France. French minister defends 'precious' right to sunbathe topless 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z And it’s not just prudishness; the Soviet Union censored many masterpieces for political reasons, including Pasternak’s Dr Zhivago, Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago and Orwell’s Animal Farm. Are millennials really driving ‘cancel culture’ - or is it their overcautious critics? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z People worry, too, about how the revised rules, applied in the future, could punish men who refuse to comply with some draconian code of prudishness. Opinion | America’s last hideous man 2019-06-28T04:00:00Z He apologized, in passing, for the prudishness of the décor. Luca Guadagnino’s Cinema of Desire 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z “It’s not about prudishness, it’s about gender equality in the public space.” Protesters damage 'sexist' open-air urinals in Paris 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Particularists will argue that Catholic doctrine itself is to blame, with all its premodern sexual prudishness and expectations of priestly celibacy. Opinion | Evil walked the earth in Pennsylvania 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z But each one represents a line crossed, a line that needs to be held, rather than hand-waved away as prudishness, oversensitivity, or witch-hunt hysteria. Forget the backlash — we need #MeToo now more than ever 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z This is not prudishness, political correctness or an attempt to raise the level of civil discourse, officials said. The 42 words you can never say in emails to the D.C. government 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Even the word “puritanical” is usually taken to mean sexless and joyless, as in a New York Times article chalking up American prudishness to Puritan roots. Five myths about Puritans 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Whatever the argument over where prudishness came from, Indian politicians would do well to heed this sage advice - that instead of advising women what to wear, they should advise men on how to behave. Tips for Indian politicians who tell women what to wear - BBC News 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z But, while prudishness is often associated with the pilgrims, the most consequential American obscenity laws didn’t get passed until late in the game. This Is What Americans Used to Consider Obscene 2016-06-21T04:00:00Z They swore that Mr. Thomas treated women with respect, nurtured their careers and was proper to the point of prudishness at work. The Hollywood Hit-Job on Justice Clarence Thomas 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z There still seems to be a combination of prudishness and ignorance around the unique, and sometimes idiosyncratic, functions of the female body — which is shocking, considering half the world is born with one. We’re More Honest With Our Phones Than With Our Doctors 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z Call me old-fashioned, but the prudishness of regular TV programming becomes completely absurd when interspersed with ads for products relieving complaints of hair-raisingly intimate nature. Ban Drug Ads on TV? Some Positive Outcomes Would Be Lost 2016-03-14T04:00:00Z Taken together, it is an ungainly mix of prudishness and excess, of tangled laws and hefty profits. Taxing tipplers 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z “Putting an artist in custody sends a very bad message,” said Bouzenoune, criticising a “worrying judicial prudishness.” Naked artist Deborah de Robertis arrested for posing nude next to Manet's Olympia 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z The empire of honesty in film dramas has been steadily expanded over the years but this stubborn enclave of prudishness will not surrender. Why is real sex in films such a turn-off? | Tom Sutcliffe 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Sony Pictures acceded to the order, but the episode angered many in India who believe it illustrates increasing prudishness by the film board as well as a disturbing trend toward rising intolerance in the country. In India, conservative film board demands cuts to latest Bond film 'Spectre' 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z A newfound prudishness led to many prints going up in flames or disappearing into private collections. Pillow fight 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z As the spending habits of the good people of Leesburg demonstrate, Sunday morning prudishness is a lot less powerful than Monday morning sex-toy shopping. Lingerie, sex toys and knitting: A city freaks out over bustiers and vibrators 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Their prudishness led the youth in the 20th century to swear often, making words like “suck,” “tits” and the f-bomb the height of offense. How the n-word became the new f-word 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z This is the degree of prudishness that made the Victorian era so much fun. Fox affiliate puts the taboo back in classic art 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z Both books are also “revolts into style,” protests against the formal and moral prudishness of highbrow culture. Saul Bellow’s Revenge 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z Because I do see it as priggishness, prudishness, squeamishness. Stop Being So Squeamish About Sex, and Other Wisdom From Robert Christgau 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z It wasn’t long ago that Indian cinema shied away from on-screen kisses, but in recent years films have dropped much of that prudishness. Comedy troupe yanks video as India debates what is funny 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z But colonialism brought the influence of Western prudishness and a codification of anti-gay laws. Middle East turmoil hits gays hard 2014-10-29T04:00:00Z Nevertheless, attitudes are evolving — not least because this prudishness has proved dangerous for the nation. Contributing Op-Ed Writer: Teaching Liberation to Pakistan’s Girls 2014-05-13T10:25:42Z Is that just latent American prudishness on my part? Microsoft’s Cortana Raises Important Questions About Sexism and Gender Stereotyping 2014-04-03T15:43:20Z There’s a prudishness at the same time as there’s this access. Making History: A Q&A with Mad Men’s Matthew Weiner 2014-03-27T13:21:51Z Facebook users were angered by the move, alleging excessive prudishness, but officials noted that it was a joke. Quiz of the week's news 2013-08-22T23:59:21Z Just a few years later, Bill Clinton won the presidency despite multiple allegations of extramarital affairs, and Mr. Strother said prudishness has never been the same. Winners and Losers: Politicians Are Slowed by Scandal, but Many Still Win the Race 2013-07-18T01:19:11Z Could this prudishness on my part harm them later? Parents: Give Your Kids A Placemat Instead Of An App 2012-07-11T21:58:17Z Berets off to Laurent Blanc for refusing to pander to such contrived prudishness. The Fiver 2012-06-12T15:11:59Z With the prudishness and peanut piety of puritanism Henry James has nothing in common. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z He held what he called his prudishness in contempt, but he respected an element in him which he would have termed "grit." Diana Tempest, Volume III (of 3) 2011-11-12T03:00:34.213Z But under all circumstances she ever displayed a sort of tempted prudishness. In Accordance with the Evidence 2011-11-06T02:00:12.393Z Their means, as Madge has already intimated, were modest—"modest," as the young lady sprightly put it, "to the point of prudishness." The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z I have shown how absurd it is in principle; it is my duty to add that in practice it is not wholly unreasonable, though it relapses into prudishness every now and then. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z Henry, of course, was furious at their prudishness. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z He might at least avoid him, but just now, because and in defiance of Linda's prudishness, he does not wish to. Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z The prudishness and piety that were fascinating in a beautiful woman seldom seen, would wax wearisome in the most charming creature bound to him by indissoluble ties. The Letters of the Duke of Wellington to Miss J. 1834-1851 Edited by Extracts from the Diary of the Latter 2011-03-10T03:00:53.010Z Duty first, my child, come what may,” and Rose, ashamed of her prudishness, had risen and kissed him. The Carleton Case 2011-01-24T03:00:17.240Z Raunch culture has been extraordinarily successful at rebranding all criticism as prudishness – allowing it to march to the heart of mainstream culture, almost unchallenged. Raunch culture's toxic effect on children 2010-06-22T15:00:00Z While this species of angry conservative austerity may be getting noisier in India, its prudishness is familiar to us all. Cheerleaders shame Indian cricket | Kanishk Tharoor 2010-03-27T18:00:00Z Now I do not object to a little prudishness, that is piquant, but quite so much! Felix Lanzberg's Expiation 2011-03-15T02:00:14.763Z I see, you read too many novels; but you’ll come round in time to my way of thinking, only don’t try on so much of this silly prudishness, my dear. By Birth a Lady Madame des Aubels lowered her eyes, and sipped her tea, for her prudishness was not quite vanquished. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels And afterwards she made merry with papa about Kitty's prudishness. The Beth Book Being a Study of the Life of Elizabeth Caldwell Maclure, a Woman of Genius Our prudishness, hypocrisy and stupid conventionality in all sex matters is responsible for the unbalanced license of many a protesting spirit. An Anarchist Woman The time for prudishness, false modesty, indelicacy is over; too long has Satan been aided in his onward march in this way. Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls or, War on the White Slave Trade I would call it a loss of prudishness. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel There are always a mendicant philosopher, a morose nobleman, pure young girls, facetious retainers, and interminable dialogues, stupid prudishness, and an utter absence of depth. Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life A woman fresh from the country, having all the charm of innocence, almost as child-like as her sister, yet with none of her prudishness. Marcia Schuyler At the risk of exposing my English prudishness, I ventured to remark to a French acquaintance that the fashion was un peu libre. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866 He was inclined to jeer at what he termed my prudishness. The House An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer, and of His Wife, Alice And it isn't prudishness, either—not with me, anyway. The Galaxy Primes Oh, if my mother could only know—if my elder sister could only know that I had actually been accused of prudishness! Cape Cod Folks She was embarrassed, but not to the point of prudishness. The Trail Horde He had a feeling that she regarded his objections as the outcome of eccentric prudishness, or at the best an unreasonable fit of jealousy. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories Without any prudishness, without the slightest atom of self-distrust or fear to meet him, every womanly feeling in her kept her out of his way. Christian's Mistake There were other acquired likings, her lack of prudishness, for instance, which he awoke one day to find that he had previously confounded with lack of modesty. A Daughter of the Snows The prudishness with which she is brought up leaves her no alternative but to view her passions from the nasty side of human nature. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society She has a horror of showing prudishness in regard to the healthful manifestations of sex life, and is always praising examples of what she terms "a natural woman." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy This is becoming especially noticeable at the University of Chicago, where prudishness interferes with classical, biological, sociological, and physiological discussion in the classroom. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women Prof. Irving Rosse, of Washington, refers to "New England prudishness," and "the colossal modesty of some New York policemen, who in certain cases want to give written, rather than oral testimony." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism In him a warm Irish heart was joined with great strictness, even prudishness of manners, the result of an Irish Catholic education of the old type. The Testing of Diana Mallory The ancient Hebrews were not entirely free from prudishness, and we find in the Old Testament that by a curious euphemism the sexual organs are sometimes referred to as "the feet." Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society It seemed to me the result of prudishness, rather than womanly delicacy, unless you have changed in heart as greatly as in externals. A Young Girl's Wooing Such prudishness, it is scarcely necessary to remark, whether found in women or men, indicates a mind that has become morbidly sensitive to sexual impressions. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 3 Analysis of the Sexual Impulse; Love and Pain; The Sexual Impulse in Women They exhibited the prudishness of school-girls, blushed, turned their backs to unfasten the bandages, and then concealed the foot in a cloth, leaving only the affected part uncovered. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 1 The Evolution of Modesty; The Phenomena of Sexual Periodicity; Auto-Erotism Marston took up the tale, babbling resentfully of a nursery prudishness, but his remarks fell on deaf ears until he mentioned a withered flower, which he had found inside the locket. Ensign Knightley and Other Stories An obvious result of reducing the feeling about nakedness to an unreasoning but imperative convention is the tendency to prudishness. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society And she does care for him just as she did before she went away, in spite of all her prudishness about the words brother and sister. A Young Girl's Wooing In England, where this wisely free comradeship is regarded as "improper", the perfectly harmless and natural sexual feeling is either dwarfed or forced, and so we have "prudishness" and "fastness". Autobiographical Sketches And on the strength of peccadillos, reprehensible in an author, but excusable in a son, the Anglo-Saxon race is accused of prudishness, humbug, pretentiousness, deceit, cunning, and bad cooking. Moon and Sixpence My very sensitive prudishness concerning everything pertaining to my body he, rightly and to my gratitude, respected as long as possible. The Bride of Dreams No one familiar with mediaeval literature will, however, be inclined to accuse its authors of prudishness. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform Without a suspicion of prudishness there was always with her the natural dignity of the true-born gentlewoman. The Romance and Tragedy She at once surmised the cause; and at first it amused her very much, as she regarded it as an evidence of his delightful ignorance of society and ministerial prudishness. From Jest to Earnest I attended a "Ladies' Aid" meeting at which there were about forty ladies present, and among other good traits of these fine, earnest women I noticed particularly the absence of gossip and prudishness. Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information I had come to have the utmost confidence in Clare Kendall and her frank way of handling a ticklish yet most important subject without fear or prudishness. The Ear in the Wall Modern psychologists have shown that prudishness is not always an indication of exceptional purity, but rather the reverse. The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform We are taught not to blush, except when we have done wrong; they are taught all the appearances of false prudishness. The Clique of Gold Thus engaged she weighed the circumstances of Lord Mountclere’s invitation, and could not be certain if it were prudishness or simple propriety in herself which had instigated her to refuse. The Hand of Ethelberta It was not prudishness, for she now spoke of "the Wilcox ideal" with laughter, and even with a growing brutality. Howards End It was not prudishness, for she now spoke of "the Wilcox ideal" with laughter, and even with a growing brutality.� Howards End At another time he might have been shocked, for he had depths of prudishness within him. A Room with a View But at home she bows to the taste and the wishes of her relative, Mrs. Brian, who displays all the extreme prudishness of the austerest Puritan. The Clique of Gold It would be mere prudishness to object, since we are to become one so shortly.’ The Hand of Ethelberta If one was discreet, it was through inclination and without pedantry or prudishness. The Ancient Regime I have always admitted that when you are inspired, when you manage to throw off your masculine cowardice and prudishness you are not to be equalled by us. Under Western Eyes It is no accident that Dame Grundy is depicted as an elderly person with a "sour look"; her prudishness has an origin in disgust at that which she has outlived. The Foundations of Personality |
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