Victorian fallacy

The Victorian fallacy described the tendency of large proportions of western civilisation to equate the notion of history with the Victorian era. Examples of the Victorian fallacy include the belief that society tended to suppress female sexuality throughout history and in all parts of the world when in fact cultures and different periods have varied widely in their acceptance of female sexuality. Many cultures, including western Europe during the middle ages, has tended to assume that female sexuality was stronger than male sexuality.