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That's not what I was talking about. I mean how over the past century anything decent has been rejected as at best bourgeois, and at worst sexist and homophobic.
I think seer and Nancy are using two different definitions of "decency."
"modesty and propriety" vs. "polite, moral, and honest behavior and attitudes that show respect for other people"
Also, if we take google's usage-over-time statistics, the big drop in usage of the (English) word "decency" happened in the 1800s: http://bit.ly/1D5ZF55