[Celtjew Libertarian]

As Americans, we really didn't get the current stick up our collective butts until the Victorian era.

Comstock aside, I'm not sure that is case, considering what Mae West, The Marx Bros., etc, got away with pre-Hays commission. That's when the current stick stuck, I think.

[tiamat]

There is that.

Of course, we hadn't had mass media ( other than radio) until then.