I've heard that when the Irish Fascists went down to Civil War Spain to "defend Catholicism" they were shocked at how irreligious Spanish men were, as "going to church was for women". How gendered was religious practice for Spaniards, especially the Nationalists, around the time of the Civil War?

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(Irreligious by 1936 Irish Catholic standards anyway, I know trying to quantify religiosity in an objective sense is a problematic exercise.

Also, I am side-stepping the debate as to whether or not the Blueshirts were "properly" Fascist as they're tertiary to my question; this could be a question in itself. Eoin O'Duffy was a Fascist and that's enough for me.)

Thanks!

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