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EXPLAINED: Why today s puritanism is latest example of moral panic around naked women | Rare Historical Photos

Scantily clad celebrities are once again being presented as a threat to wider society

Victoria Bateman, fellow in economic history at the University of Cambridge, explains how history has seen an almost constant battle for female bodily freedom and why recent events show a shift back towards modesty.

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