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Male Continence Research Paper

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Spiritually, practice of male continence was believed by them a form of, “ascending fellowship.” Where the younger members were expected to learn sexual practices from their elders. Specifically, the younger girls of the community were introduced to the spiritual side of sex through Noyes himself or other male church elders (McClymond 22). Noyes believed sex was a form of “spiritual communion” for its members from god (McClymound 222). This practice defied the American protestant belief of sex only occurring between a married man and women.

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