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1444 points feross | 2 comments | 29 Aug 22 17:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.407s | source
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wizofaus ◴[29 Aug 22 19:38 UTC] No.32642548[source]▶
Is aversion to discussion of sex a part of traditional Chinese culture? Seems odd given I'm not aware of any puritanical religions taking hold there.
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1. Barrin92 ◴[29 Aug 22 20:26 UTC] No.32643094[source]▶
Not really, but then again traditional Chinese culture isn't really that alive in China either. Communism in the Eastern bloc imported plenty of Western attitudes, including puritanism albeit under a secular/atheist branding. Also Christianity itself directly has a fairly significant history in the country. The Taiping rebellion was started by a Christian cult after all, and the Protestant House Church movement nowadays still counts tens of millions of members.
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2. hackerlight ◴[30 Aug 22 03:28 UTC] No.32646331[source]▶
I don't see this as a China cultural thing, but as an authoritarian thing primarily.

You see the same thing in Russian society. Stalin reinstituted anti-sodomy laws. Look at how LGBT are treated under Putin. Authoritarian governments seem to like oppressing cultural misfits.