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Which of the following statements captures the relationship between Max Weber's concept of the iron cage and sexuality?


A) The iron cage refers to the ways in which modern life relies on tidy, yet often restrictive, categories. Weber argued that sexual deviancy was the natural outcome of these categories being too narrow and too repressive.
B) The iron cage refers to the strict means of punishment adopted to punish sexual immorality in modern society. Weber understood that these punishments did not deter sexual immorality, but instead caused it to be better concealed, private, and underground.
C) The iron cage refers to the emphasis on discipline and control in modern society. Weber understood that sex and eroticism was inherently at odds with the regulation and discipline of the iron cage.
D) The iron cage was a concept Weber used to describe the distancing of modern social life from its religious values, particularly regarding the emergence of capitalism. It did not relate to sexuality.
E) None of the above

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