| Like many modern Irish writers, Beckett resented the pettiness, prejudice and prudery of his country of birth. |
| Isn't it just the continued impact of the liberal revolution of the 1960s which liberated us from the vestiges of Victorian prudery? |
| That in turn gave way to Victorian prudery, together with a determined focus on the need for manliness in marriage. |
| The prurience and prudery which have poisoned sexual life in the past are alike rendered impossible. |
| Although faced with accusations of priggishness and prudery, the council remains unrepentant, arguing that it is taking a principled stand. |
| The income came largely from drink sales, and many music-hall songs mocked the abstinence and prudery of the Victorian middle classes. |
