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How threats of hellfire helped keep 'immodest' women in their place – from the ancient world to 'My Unorthodox Life'

  • Written by Meghan Henning, Associate Professor of Christian Origins, University of Dayton
imageFor centuries, societies have used visions of the afterlife to discipline people's behavior.DEA / G. Nimatallah/De Agostini via Getty Images

In the opening of Netflix’s popular new show “My Unorthodox Life,” fashion mogul Julia Haart explains that she grew up thinking that dressing provocatively had eternal consequences:

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