So given the elevated status of men, it's all the more important that men should remain pure and chaste.

考虑到男人崇高的地位，男人要保持纯净与贞操就显得更重要了。

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And it increases the role of these economic elites or their concern with maintaining their privileges against threats to their privileges and to their prosperity no matter where they come from.

这在提高了经济精英的地位的同时,也使他们更担心如何保持他们的特权,以及如何对抗对他们特权和繁荣的威胁,无论威胁来自何方

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