Most middle-class families attempted to adhere to the so-called Victorian sexual ideals of the day. ... Because of this presumption, most middle-class Americans saw women as the moral guardians of the home, charged with controlling the lustful natures of male family members. ... In other words, a new ideology of sexual restraint became prevalent among middle-class Americans. ... This fluctuation of the mass-produced goods fostered a shift in middle-class values. ... Economic affluence gave the middle class more leisure time and more money to spend on consumer goods, luxury items, and ent...

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As an example, through the Middle Ages and up to the rise of Protestant morality and capitalist social organization, although practice of prostitution existed, the term prostitute' was unknown and therefore, common women and whores were all just referred to as sexually-available' women in general- (Green, accessed 30/9/2001). ...

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