>>107171112It's actually 19th century Britain that is largely responsible for modern American prudishness, the influence of the Puritans was relatively minor and confined to a small colony that was quickly subsumed by later waves of settlers from Europe. Their weird ultra-strict sect didn't last very long, all things considered.
Something I think that gets overlooked is that modern Brits are also extremely prudish, perhaps even more so than Americans. It's actually something the English are famous for, being extremely sexually repressed and disapproving of everybody else's sexual habits, especially the French.
