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But they might consider pissing off particularly prudish Americans to be a bonus.

There have been cultures that are prudish about sex for thousands of years.

I find this interesting when you think America is considered to be much more prudish than Europe.

Looking at less prudish countries, it doesn't seem to be the case.

We tend to be more prudish when it comes to violence but are a lot more relaxed when it comes to nudity or sexuality.

But that's just my own opinion, bashing our somewhat prudish society.

In fact, modern American society is a lot more prudish about same-sex unions of various types than earlier societies in Rome, Greece, and China at various times.

Mailer makes Aleister Crowley look like a prudish schoolboy.

Not sure I agree with your characterisation of women as grave and prudish.

I will also play my ex-pat card here and say this attitude is definitively british/american (it's honestly not necessary to be so prudish).

It is not prudish to think this is immature.

Everyone seems to be making that assumption, from the mouth-breather geeks who called up rent-a-lapdancer, to the prudish, sometimes hypocritical, bloggers wagging their fingers.

And remember, some people are just too prudish, boring, or disinterested to be good conversationalists — feel free to politely "thank you" out of a conversation.

"Germany" "We tend to be more prudish when it comes to violence but are a lot more relaxed when it comes to nudity or sexuality." Other way around in North America.

I have a feeling that the sort of "psychological damage" they're worrying about is precisely the fact that "exposure to genitalia" makes kids more likely to violate the social taboo and show their own genitalia, and that makes the anti-pedophile groups (and others of prudish nature) horrified.

> we never let one country or group of people dictate what people can share across the world That's even more hypocritical, given that Facebook itself enforces its own prudish values on the rest of the world by systematically censoring harmless and completely legal content because "omg, boobies!".

I think your reference to our American Prudish-ness is likely spot on too.