Medieval women ... was believed to receive far more pleasure from a sɛҳuąƖ encounter than men and reach her sɛҳuąƖ readiness far earlier than men. Perceived as more sɛҳuąƖly mature than males, women were expected to conduct themselves to higher standards than men, leading to a double standard of sɛҳuąƖ morality.
Do these amount to lust? Wiki refers to pleasure, readiness, maturity. None of these touch on the sinfulness aspect.
I don't know how reliable are these ideas relating to another age.
According to Catholic Encyclopedia:
Lust[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]
The inordinate craving for, or indulgence of, the carnal pleasure which is experienced in the human organs of generation.[/color]
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The wrongfulness of lust is reducible to this: that venereal satisfaction is sought for either outside wedlock or, at any rate, in a manner which is contrary to the laws that govern marital intercourse. Every such criminal indulgence is a mortal sin, provided of course, it be voluntary in itself and fully deliberate. This is the testimony of St. Paul in the Epistle to the Galatians, v. 19:[/color]
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87)]"Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury, . . . Of the which I foretell you, as I have foretold to you, that they who do such things shall not obtain the kingdom of God."[/color]
I haven't read Canterbury Tales.