"The westernized world"

[Mark Mandel]

I suspect that Australia is generally considered part of "the western
world" in all but geography. Since its inception as a nation, it was
and still is chiefly populated, and dominated, by native
English-speakers from the British Empire. One would have to check, of
course.

Is "censor" intended there, or is it meant as "censure"? Can't be sure
from this quote.

m a m

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 12:51 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
>
> A solicitation I just received asking support to those who seek to
> "provide responsible sex education to teens" contains the following
> passage:
>
> The US has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the westernized world.
> But why? "Abstinence-only" programs censor, mislead and misinform
> teens, creating ignorance and a lack of trust.
>
>
> In the context of such claims and statistics about where the U.S.
> ranks, I've seen "the civilized/industrialized" world, the "Western
> world", and of course the "free world", and probably others I haven't
> consciously noticed, but I'm pretty sure I hadn't previously
> encountered "the westernized world". Â Lots of google hits, but I'm
> not sure how far back it goes (I don't know how to use Nexis to
> search for multiword phrases). Â I assume Australia, Japan and South
> Korea are part of the Westernized (but not Western) world, and vice
> versa for, say, Bolivia.

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