Societies for the Reformation of Manners

All-male Religious Societies sprang up, the forerunners of the Societies for the Reformation of Manners .

One of the earliest Societies for the Reformation of Manners was founded in Tower Hamlets on the outskirts of London, by a group of Anglican gentlemen.

The Societies for the Reformation of Manners issued over seven thousand prosecutions for prostitution and bawdy-house keeping.

Under a pseudonym, Bernard Mandeville published A Modest Defence of Public Stews: or, An Essay upon Whoring, as it is now Practis'd in these Kingdoms.