These scenarios are often a rebellious comment on Victorian prudishness. (religion-online.org)
Someone I know whose mind is stunted and unable to open up to new thoughts or experiences because of this rigid prudishness and narrow limited view of relationships and self. (nakedpastor.com)
Who has not been outraged by a debased piety that renders truth into smugness, purity into prudishness, justice into the status quo and honor into pride? (religion-online.org)