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 But America's sex pioneers are limited to the bedroom, because there is nothing like sex to bring up the American "can do" spirit. But you're to be surprised to discover just to the first America's sex pioneers were no other than the straight l* Puritans.

-The image that we have of Puritans is these people in very rough fabrics1 and stern faces, praying all the time, and labouring in the fields. Frankly2, just no fun. But in fact, the Puritans were actually rebels. And they saw themselves opposition3 to the Church of England, and it's more liberal ideas about devotion to God, and so they set out for the new world, and they went in the 1600s to develop and establish their own way of living in their own way of thinking in a new world without resistance.
-Open up, you heard it!
And what they saw was their life needed more rules.
-Well, to the Puritans, the church was absolutely the center of their entire culture. It was so important that church attendance was meant to t*.
-You will be fined if you didn't go to church, and there was a guide with g* in church with a pole with feathers on it. They would tickle4 people under the chin, who had fallen asleep during a sermon, and use the other end of that pole to waggle kids who weren't giving reverence5.
-This is on top of the fact that public displays of affection were illegal. In fact, a ship captain was put for two hours in the stocks for daring to kiss his wife in public.

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1 fabrics 678996eb9c1fa810d3b0cecef6c792b4     
织物( fabric的名词复数 )； 布； 构造； （建筑物的）结构（如墙、地面、屋顶）：质地
参考例句：
  • cotton fabrics and synthetics 棉织物与合成织物
  • The fabrics are merchandised through a network of dealers. 通过经销网点销售纺织品。
2 frankly fsXzcf     
adv.坦白地，直率地；坦率地说
参考例句：
  • To speak frankly, I don't like the idea at all.老实说，我一点也不赞成这个主意。
  • Frankly speaking, I'm not opposed to reform.坦率地说，我不反对改革。
3 opposition eIUxU     
n.反对，敌对
参考例句：
  • The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
  • The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
4 tickle 2Jkzz     
v.搔痒，胳肢；使高兴；发痒；n.搔痒，发痒
参考例句：
  • Wilson was feeling restless. There was a tickle in his throat.威尔逊只觉得心神不定。嗓子眼里有些发痒。
  • I am tickle pink at the news.听到这消息我高兴得要命。
5 reverence BByzT     
n.敬畏，尊敬，尊严；Reverence:对某些基督教神职人员的尊称；v.尊敬，敬畏，崇敬
参考例句：
  • He was a bishop who was held in reverence by all.他是一位被大家都尊敬的主教。
  • We reverence tradition but will not be fettered by it.我们尊重传统，但不被传统所束缚。

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