Word: 1830s
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...reads the book without an understanding of American history and a decent command of the history of western civilization. Allyn also tells us that St. Augustine's sexual repression is the cause of the Catholic Church's current birth control policy. Allyn attributes the reform movements in the 1830s and 1840s to a crusade against sexuality in society. Allyn claims the actual intention of the graham cracker was to "soak up men's sexual desires," giving an entirely different interpretation of smores. Shockingly, Allyn claims the only cause of abolition was a deep-seated fear of miscegenation...