But we're still in somewhat a Puritanical society in a lot of ways.
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American society is still puritanical.
I've discovered I am quite a puritanical person.
No group of people has been more unjustly maligned in the twentieth century than the Puritans. As a result, we approach the Puritans with an enormous baggage of culturally ingrained prejudice.
I had a strong, really good upbringing, not puritanical.
We are very puritan in America. We still hold true to these really antiquated values, this idea of the sanctity of marriage.
When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy. This does not apply to seventeenth-century Puritanism.
Personally I'm not a feminist, as I can't stand puritans.
Puritanism was a youthful, vigorous movement.
Honestly, because of the way women were treated, I wouldn't want to go back to Puritan times. I'm far too outspoken to be a woman in Puritan times.
You know the puritan ethic that started out four centuries ago in this country, needless to say - at least for the moment - a thing of the past - from what I can tell.