The following is an excerpt from Stephan Zweig's The World of Yesterday (Evaluating the Evidence 22.2): "This 'social morality,' which on the one hand privately presupposed the existence of sexuality and its natural course, but on the other would not recognize it openly at any price, was doubly deceitful. While it winked one eye at a young man and even encouraged him with the other 'to sow his wild oats,' as the kindly language of the home put it, in the case of a woman it studiously shut both eyes and acted as if it were blind."
According to Zweig, in what way was the "social morality" of his day deceitful?

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According to Zweig, the "social morality" of his day was deceitful in that it winked at young men and even encouraged them to be sexually active (sow their wild oats), but in the case of young women it pretended that they were not sexual at all and acted as if it were blind to any sexual impulses they may have had. Therefore, the correct answer is D: It tacitly permitted sexual activity in young men, while at the same time pretending that young women were not sexual at all.

The Following Is an Excerpt from Stephan Zweig's the World