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% A. Historical-theological backbone
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@book{brown_1988_body,
  author    = {Brown, Peter},
  title     = {The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity},
  year      = {1988},
  publisher = {Columbia University Press},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-body-and-society/9780231144063/}
}

@book{brown_2000_augustine,
  author    = {Brown, Peter},
  title     = {Augustine of Hippo: A Biography},
  year      = {2000},
  edition   = {New},
  publisher = {University of California Press},
  address   = {Berkeley},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/augustine-of-hippo/oclc/42697591}
}

@book{harper_2013_from,
  author    = {Harper, Kyle},
  title     = {From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity},
  year      = {2013},
  publisher = {Harvard University Press},
  address   = {Cambridge, MA},
  doi       = {10.4159/harvard.9780674074569},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674074569}
}

@book{pagels_1988_adam,
  author    = {Pagels, Elaine},
  title     = {Adam, {Eve}, and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity},
  year      = {1988},
  publisher = {Vintage},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/adam-eve-and-the-serpent/oclc/17558028}
}

@book{odonnell_2005_augustine,
  author    = {O'Donnell, James J.},
  title     = {Augustine: A New Biography},
  year      = {2005},
  publisher = {HarperOne},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/augustine/oclc/57007867}
}

@book{brundage_1987_law,
  author    = {Brundage, James A.},
  title     = {Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe},
  year      = {1987},
  publisher = {University of Chicago Press},
  address   = {Chicago},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/law-sex-and-christian-society-in-medieval-europe/oclc/13646562}
}

@book{meyendorff_1979_byzantine,
  author    = {Meyendorff, John},
  title     = {Byzantine Theology: Historical Trends and Doctrinal Themes},
  year      = {1979},
  publisher = {Fordham University Press},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/byzantine-theology/oclc/4637556}
}

@book{macculloch_2003_reformation,
  author    = {MacCulloch, Diarmaid},
  title     = {Reformation: Europe's House Divided, 1490--1700},
  year      = {2003},
  publisher = {Penguin},
  address   = {London},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/reformation/oclc/52966477}
}

@book{macculloch_2024_lower,
  author    = {MacCulloch, Diarmaid},
  title     = {Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity},
  year      = {2024},
  publisher = {Penguin Random House},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610578/lower-than-the-angels-by-diarmaid-macculloch/}
}

@book{ehrman_2003_lost,
  author    = {Ehrman, Bart D.},
  title     = {Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew},
  year      = {2003},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {New York},
  doi       = {10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195141832.001.0001},
  url       = {https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195141832.001.0001}
}

@article{perisanidi_2017_was,
  author  = {Perisanidi, Maroula},
  title   = {Was There a Marital Debt in {Byzantium}?},
  journal = {Journal of Ecclesiastical History},
  volume  = {68},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {510--528},
  year    = {2017},
  doi     = {10.1017/S0022046916002840}
}

@article{stan_2010_eastern,
  author  = {Stan, Lavinia and Turcescu, Lucian},
  title   = {Eastern Orthodox Views on Sexuality and the Body},
  journal = {Women's Studies International Forum},
  volume  = {33},
  number  = {5},
  pages   = {476--482},
  year    = {2010},
  url     = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277539509001459}
}

@book{burrus_2008_saving,
  author    = {Burrus, Virginia},
  title     = {Saving Shame: Martyrs, Saints, and Other Abject Subjects},
  year      = {2008},
  publisher = {University of Pennsylvania Press},
  address   = {Philadelphia},
  url       = {https://www.pennpress.org/9780812224276/saving-shame/}
}

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% B. Modern empirical psychology of religion
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@article{mosher_1971_sex,
  author  = {Mosher, Donald L. and Cross, Herbert J.},
  title   = {Sex Guilt and Premarital Sexual Experiences of College Students},
  journal = {Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology},
  volume  = {36},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {27--32},
  year    = {1971},
  doi     = {10.1037/h0030384}
}

@incollection{mosher_1988_revised,
  author    = {Mosher, Donald L.},
  title     = {Revised {Mosher} Sex-Guilt Inventory},
  booktitle = {Handbook of Sexuality-Related Measures},
  editor    = {Davis, Clive M. and Yarber, William L. and Davis, Sandra L.},
  year      = {1988},
  publisher = {Sage},
  address   = {Newbury Park, CA},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/handbook-of-sexuality-related-measures/oclc/17802551}
}

@article{koenig_2010_duke,
  author  = {Koenig, Harold G. and B{\"u}ssing, Arndt},
  title   = {The {Duke} {University} {Religion} {Index} ({DUREL}): A Five-Item Measure for Use in Epidemiological Studies},
  journal = {Religions},
  volume  = {1},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {78--85},
  year    = {2010},
  doi     = {10.3390/rel1010078}
}

@article{murray_2007_spirituality,
  author  = {Murray, Kelly M. and Ciarrocchi, Joseph W. and Murray-Swank, Nichole A.},
  title   = {Spirituality, Religiosity, Shame and Guilt as Predictors of Sexual Attitudes and Experiences},
  journal = {Journal of Psychology and Theology},
  volume  = {35},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {222--234},
  year    = {2007},
  doi     = {10.1177/009164710703500305}
}

@article{farmer_2009_relation,
  author  = {Farmer, Melissa A. and Trapnell, Paul D. and Meston, Cindy M.},
  title   = {The Relation Between Sexual Behavior and Religiosity Subtypes: A Test of the Secularization Hypothesis},
  journal = {Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  volume  = {38},
  number  = {5},
  pages   = {852--865},
  year    = {2009},
  doi     = {10.1007/s10508-008-9407-0}
}

@article{ahrold_2011_relationship,
  author  = {Ahrold, Tierney K. and Farmer, Melissa and Trapnell, Paul D. and Meston, Cindy M.},
  title   = {The Relationship Among Sexual Attitudes, Sexual Fantasy, and Religiosity},
  journal = {Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  volume  = {40},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {619--630},
  year    = {2011},
  doi     = {10.1007/s10508-010-9621-4}
}

@article{woo_2012_sex,
  author  = {Woo, Jessica S. T. and Morshedian, Niloofar and Brotto, Lori A.},
  title   = {Sex Guilt Mediates the Relationship Between Religiosity and Sexual Desire},
  journal = {Archives of Sexual Behavior},
  volume  = {41},
  number  = {6},
  pages   = {1485--1495},
  year    = {2012},
  doi     = {10.1007/s10508-012-9918-6}
}

@article{grubbs_2015_internet,
  author  = {Grubbs, Joshua B. and Volk, Fred and Exline, Julie J. and Pargament, Kenneth I.},
  title   = {Internet Pornography Use: Perceived Addiction, Psychological Distress, and the Validation of a Brief Measure},
  journal = {Journal of Sex \& Marital Therapy},
  volume  = {41},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {83--106},
  year    = {2015},
  doi     = {10.1080/0092623X.2013.842192}
}

@article{grubbs_2019_moral,
  author  = {Grubbs, Joshua B. and Perry, Samuel L.},
  title   = {Moral Incongruence and Pornography Use: A Critical Review and Integration},
  journal = {Journal of Sex Research},
  volume  = {56},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {29--37},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1080/00224499.2018.1427204}
}

@article{grubbs_2022_moral,
  author  = {Grubbs, Joshua B. and Floyd, Christopher G. and Griffin, Brandon J. and others},
  title   = {Moral Incongruence and Addiction: A Registered Report},
  journal = {Psychology of Addictive Behaviors},
  year    = {2022},
  doi     = {10.1037/adb0000876}
}

@article{jennings_2021_compulsive,
  author  = {Jennings, Todd L. and Lyng, Tayler and Gleason, Neil and Finotelli, Itor and Coleman, Eli},
  title   = {Compulsive Sexual Behavior, Religiosity, and Spirituality: A Systematic Review},
  journal = {Journal of Behavioral Addictions},
  volume  = {10},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {854--878},
  year    = {2021},
  doi     = {10.1556/2006.2021.00084}
}

@article{rosmarin_2019_problematic,
  author  = {Rosmarin, David H. and Pirutinsky, Steven},
  title   = {Problematic Sexual Behavior and Religion Among Adult {Jewish} Males: An Initial Study},
  journal = {American Journal of Men's Health},
  volume  = {13},
  number  = {1},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1177/1557988318823586}
}

@book{tangney_2002_shame,
  author    = {Tangney, June Price and Dearing, Ronda L.},
  title     = {Shame and Guilt},
  year      = {2002},
  publisher = {Guilford Press},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/shame-and-guilt/oclc/47644789}
}

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% C. Purity culture as a modern research object
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@book{klein_2018_pure,
  author    = {Klein, Linda Kay},
  title     = {Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How {I} Broke Free},
  year      = {2018},
  publisher = {Atria Books},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/pure/oclc/1019375785}
}

@article{bearman_2001_promising,
  author  = {Bearman, Peter S. and Br{\"u}ckner, Hannah},
  title   = {Promising the Future: Virginity Pledges and First Intercourse},
  journal = {American Journal of Sociology},
  volume  = {106},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {859--912},
  year    = {2001},
  doi     = {10.1086/338099}
}

@article{bruckner_2005_after,
  author  = {Br{\"u}ckner, Hannah and Bearman, Peter},
  title   = {After the Promise: The {STD} Consequences of Adolescent Virginity Pledges},
  journal = {Journal of Adolescent Health},
  volume  = {36},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {271--278},
  year    = {2005},
  doi     = {10.1016/j.jadohealth.2005.01.005}
}

@article{rosenbaum_2009_patient,
  author  = {Rosenbaum, Janet E.},
  title   = {Patient Teenagers? A Comparison of the Sexual Behavior of Virginity Pledgers and Matched Nonpledgers},
  journal = {Pediatrics},
  volume  = {123},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {e110--e120},
  year    = {2009},
  doi     = {10.1542/peds.2008-0407}
}

@book{regnerus_2007_forbidden,
  author    = {Regnerus, Mark D.},
  title     = {Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of {American} Teenagers},
  year      = {2007},
  publisher = {Oxford University Press},
  address   = {New York},
  url       = {https://search.worldcat.org/title/forbidden-fruit/oclc/71001590}
}

@article{owens_2021_relationship,
  author  = {Owens, Bretlyn C. and Hall, M. Elizabeth Lewis and Anderson, Tamara L.},
  title   = {The Relationship Between Purity Culture and Rape Myth Acceptance},
  journal = {Journal of Psychology and Theology},
  volume  = {49},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {405--418},
  year    = {2021},
  doi     = {10.1177/0091647120974992}
}

@article{ortiz_2023_purity,
  author  = {Ortiz, Amanda M. and Sunu, Bretlyn C. and Hall, M. Elizabeth Lewis and Anderson, Tamara L. and Wang, David C.},
  title   = {Purity Culture: Measurement and Relationship to Domestic Violence Myth Acceptance},
  journal = {Journal of Psychology and Theology},
  volume  = {51},
  number  = {4},
  year    = {2023},
  doi     = {10.1177/00916471231182734}
}

@article{sawatsky_2025_sanctified,
  author  = {Sawatsky, Joanna and Lindenbach, Rebecca and Gregoire, Sheila Wray and Gregoire, Keith},
  title   = {Sanctified Sexism: Effects of Purity Culture Tropes on White {Christian} Women's Marital and Sexual Satisfaction and Experience of Sexual Pain},
  journal = {Sociology of Religion},
  volume  = {86},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {519--543},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1093/socrel/srae031}
}

@article{muskrat_2025_being,
  author  = {Muskrat, Tessi Y. and Porcaro, Alexandra K. and Worley, Madison G. and Franco, Alexandra E. and Parmenter, Joshua G. and S{\'a}nchez, Francisco J.},
  title   = {``{Being} Yourself is a Sin'': The Impact of Evangelical Purity Culture on Sexual and Gender Minority People Socialized as Women},
  journal = {The Counseling Psychologist},
  volume  = {53},
  number  = {5},
  pages   = {672--699},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1177/00110000251352578}
}

@article{coates_2025_being,
  author  = {Coates, Anna Grace C. and Metcalfe, Kate B. and Ensign, A. and Abdalla, S. and Meston, Cindy M.},
  title   = {Being Pure and Being Ashamed: The Role of Purity Culture in Sexual Wellbeing},
  journal = {Journal of Sexual Medicine},
  volume  = {22},
  number  = {Supplement\_1},
  pages   = {qdaf068.049},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1093/jsxmed/qdaf068.049}
}

@article{coates_2026_being,
  author  = {Coates, Anna Grace C. and Metcalfe, Kate B. and Ensign, A. and Abdalla, S. and Meston, Cindy M.},
  title   = {Being Pure and Being Ashamed: Purity Culture and Sexual Shame Among Survivors of Nonconsensual Sexual Experiences},
  journal = {Journal of Sex Research},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.1080/00224499.2026.2653785}
}

@article{mckenna_2024_helpful,
  author  = {McKenna, Nicole C. and Nedelec, Joseph L.},
  title   = {Helpful or Harmful? The Gendered Effect of Virginity Pacts on Later Sexual Victimization},
  journal = {Crime \& Delinquency},
  year    = {2024},
  doi     = {10.1177/00111287241261326}
}

@article{smith_2026_taught,
  author  = {Smith, C. S.},
  title   = {Taught to be Ashamed: Sexual Shame, Faith, and Moral Incongruence in Men's Psychosexual Development},
  journal = {Sexuality \& Culture},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.1007/s12119-025-10503-4}
}

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% D. Sexology measurement infrastructure intersecting religion
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@article{janssen_2002_sexual,
  author  = {Janssen, Erick and Vorst, Harrie and Finn, Peter and Bancroft, John},
  title   = {The Sexual Inhibition ({SIS}) and Sexual Excitation ({SES}) Scales: {I}. Measuring Sexual Inhibition and Excitation Proneness in Men},
  journal = {Journal of Sex Research},
  volume  = {39},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {114--126},
  year    = {2002},
  doi     = {10.1080/00224490209552130}
}

@article{chivers_2004_sex,
  author  = {Chivers, Meredith L. and Rieger, Gerulf and Latty, Elizabeth and Bailey, J. Michael},
  title   = {A Sex Difference in the Specificity of Sexual Arousal},
  journal = {Psychological Science},
  volume  = {15},
  number  = {11},
  pages   = {736--744},
  year    = {2004},
  doi     = {10.1111/j.0956-7976.2004.00750.x}
}

@article{gordon_2018_how,
  author  = {Gordon, A. M.},
  title   = {How Men Experience Sexual Shame: The Development and Validation of the {Male} {Sexual} {Shame} {Scale}},
  journal = {Journal of Men's Studies},
  volume  = {26},
  number  = {1},
  pages   = {105--123},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1177/1060826517728303}
}

@phdthesis{seebeck_2021_development,
  author = {Seebeck, J.},
  title  = {Development of the {Sexual} {Shame} {Inventory}},
  school = {Seattle Pacific University},
  year   = {2021},
  url    = {https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/cpy_etd/63/}
}

@phdthesis{lim_2019_validation,
  author = {Lim, J. S.},
  title  = {Validation Study of the {Kyle} {Inventory} of {Sexual} {Shame}},
  school = {Liberty University},
  year   = {2019},
  url    = {https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/2108/}
}

@article{etengoff_2024_development,
  author  = {Etengoff, Chana and others},
  title   = {Development and Validation of the {Sexual} {Minority} and {Religious} {Identity} {Integration} {Scale}},
  journal = {Journal of Homosexuality},
  year    = {2024},
  doi     = {10.1080/00918369.2023.2201870}
}

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% E. Cross-tradition empirical comparisons
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@article{rigo_2019_religiosity,
  author  = {Rigo, Caroline and Saroglou, Vassilis},
  title   = {Religiosity and Sexual Behavior: Tense Relationships and Underlying Affects and Cognitions in Samples of {Christian} and {Muslim} Traditions},
  journal = {Archive for the Psychology of Religion},
  volume  = {40},
  number  = {2-3},
  year    = {2019},
  doi     = {10.1163/15736121-12341359}
}

@article{grubbs_2015_perceived,
  author  = {Grubbs, Joshua B. and Stauner, Nicholas and Exline, Julie J. and Pargament, Kenneth I. and Lindberg, Matthew J.},
  title   = {Perceived Addiction to Internet Pornography and Psychological Distress: Examining Relationships Concurrently and Over Time},
  journal = {Psychology of Addictive Behaviors},
  volume  = {29},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {1056--1067},
  year    = {2015},
  doi     = {10.1037/adb0000114}
}

@article{mckiernan_2022_from,
  author  = {McKiernan, D. M. and Clawson, A. and others},
  title   = {From Secrecy to Openness: Sexual Satisfaction in Couples from The {Church} of {Jesus} {Christ} of {Latter-day} {Saints}},
  journal = {Sexual and Relationship Therapy},
  year    = {2022},
  doi     = {10.1080/14681994.2022.2047643}
}

@article{lefevor_2023_ways,
  author  = {Lefevor, G. Tyler and others},
  title   = {Ways to Navigate Sexual Minority and {Latter-day} {Saint} Identities: A Latent Profile Analysis},
  journal = {The Counseling Psychologist},
  volume  = {51},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {368--394},
  year    = {2023},
  doi     = {10.1177/00110000221148219}
}

@article{kaplan_2025_association,
  author  = {Kaplan, M. and others},
  title   = {The Association Between Moral Disapproval of Prohibited Sexual Behaviors, Religiosity, and Sexual Shame Among {Orthodox} {Jewish} Adolescents},
  journal = {Sexuality \& Culture},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1007/s12119-025-10400-w}
}

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% F. Theological alternatives and reclamation
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@article{murrayswank_2005_crossroads,
  author  = {Murray-Swank, Nichole A. and Pargament, Kenneth I. and Mahoney, Annette},
  title   = {At the Crossroads of Sexuality and Spirituality: The Sanctification of Sex by College Students},
  journal = {International Journal for the Psychology of Religion},
  volume  = {15},
  number  = {3},
  pages   = {199--219},
  year    = {2005},
  doi     = {10.1207/s15327582ijpr1503_2}
}

@article{hernandez_2011_sanctification,
  author  = {Hernandez, Krystal M. and Mahoney, Annette and Pargament, Kenneth I.},
  title   = {Sanctification of Sexuality: Implications for Newlyweds' Marital and Sexual Quality},
  journal = {Journal of Family Psychology},
  volume  = {25},
  number  = {5},
  pages   = {775--780},
  year    = {2011},
  doi     = {10.1037/a0025103}
}

@article{hernandezkane_2018_sex,
  author  = {Hernandez-Kane, Krystal M. and Mahoney, Annette},
  title   = {Sex Through a Sacred Lens: Longitudinal Effects of Sanctification of Marital Sexuality},
  journal = {Journal of Family Psychology},
  volume  = {32},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {425--434},
  year    = {2018},
  doi     = {10.1037/fam0000392}
}

@article{mahoney_2001_religion,
  author  = {Mahoney, Annette and Pargament, Kenneth I. and Tarakeshwar, Nalini and Swank, Aaron B.},
  title   = {Religion in the Home in the 1980s and 90s: A Meta-analytic Review and Conceptual Analysis of Links Between Religion, Marriage, and Parenting},
  journal = {Journal of Family Psychology},
  volume  = {15},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {559--596},
  year    = {2001},
  doi     = {10.1037/0893-3200.15.4.559}
}

@article{leonhardt_2020_sex,
  author  = {Leonhardt, Nathan D. and Busby, Dean M. and Willoughby, Brian J.},
  title   = {Sex Guilt or Sanctification? The Indirect Role of Religiosity on Sexual Satisfaction},
  journal = {Psychology of Religion and Spirituality},
  volume  = {12},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {213--222},
  year    = {2020},
  doi     = {10.1037/rel0000245}
}

@book{sellers_2017_sex,
  author    = {Schermer Sellers, Tina},
  title     = {Sex, God, and the Conservative Church: Erasing Shame from Sexual Intimacy},
  year      = {2017},
  publisher = {Routledge},
  address   = {New York},
  doi       = {10.4324/9781315560946}
}

@article{anderson_2020_identity,
  author  = {Anderson, Joel R. and Koc, Yasin},
  title   = {Identity Integration as a Protective Factor Against Guilt and Shame for Religious Gay Men},
  journal = {Journal of Sex Research},
  volume  = {57},
  number  = {8},
  pages   = {1059--1068},
  year    = {2020},
  doi     = {10.1080/00224499.2020.1767026}
}

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% Addendum entries — late OpenAI rework additions (2026-04-24)
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@article{abbott_2016_impact,
  author  = {Abbott, Douglas M. and Harris, Jeffrey E. and Mollen, Debra},
  title   = {The Impact of Religious Commitment on Women's Sexual Self-Esteem},
  journal = {Sexuality \& Culture},
  volume  = {20},
  number  = {4},
  pages   = {1063--1082},
  year    = {2016},
  doi     = {10.1007/s12119-016-9374-x}
}

@article{marcinechova_2020_sexual,
  author  = {Marcinechov{\'a}, Denisa and Z{\'a}horcov{\'a}, Lucia},
  title   = {Sexual Satisfaction, Sexual Attitudes, and Shame in Relation to Religiosity},
  journal = {Sexuality \& Culture},
  volume  = {24},
  pages   = {1913--1928},
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