In the article "The Puritans and Sex" Edmund S. Morgan explores some of the misconceptions about the Puritans view on sex. That is the Puritans did not view all earthy pleasures as sinful they only demanded that the “pleasures of the flesh” be inferior to the glory of God. If the woman came before God and his religion it was treated as other kinds of pleasure like eating and drinking. Laws were passed that punished adultery with death and fornication with whipping. There were so many incidents of sexual offenses and illicit sexual that the Puritans became used to it. Despite the numerous laws discouraging adultery and other sexual offenses, they could not enforce the severe penalties for which their laws provided. One of the reasons sexual
