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Disciplining the disciplined: Making sense of the gender gap that lies at the core of puritanical morals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 October 2023

Edward B. Royzman Open the ORCID record for Edward B. Royzman [Opens in a new window]  and
Samuel H. Borislow Open the ORCID record for Samuel H. Borislow [Opens in a new window]
Edward B. Royzman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA royzman@psych.upenn.edu
Samuel H. Borislow
Affiliation:
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, IL, USA sbori@chicagobooth.edu Master of Behavioral and Decision Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Abstract

Because suppression of sex has been and is at the core of puritanical morals, a proper account thereof would need to explain why suppression of sex has been largely directed towards the human female. Not only do the authors not account for this pattern, but their general model would seem to predict the reverse – that is, greater suppression/control of the male libido.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 46 , 2023 , e313
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