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NoFap(Anti-porn group) and the group’s founder, Alexander Rhodes, sued Taylor & Francis and UCLA researcher over a paper critical of the group (retractionwatch.com)
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[–] reabsorbthelight@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Puritans founded the country. Mormons, Evangelicals and many others came from the Puritans.

Imo, a lot of problems stem from puritanical beliefs in the US. The gender divide, alpha male, etc.

Controlling sexuality keeps religion going strong

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

The US has always been about a bunch of religious cults.