From 1928 to 1938, religious activities and religion itself were discouraged. Religious promoters and leaders were imprisoned or sent to labor camps, and 40,000 Christian churches and 25,000 mosques were closed or used for other purposes. Churches were looted, valuables were sold and used to benefit the economy, and heavy industry was purchased to aid collectivized farms. The reforms had a terrible impact on Soviet society as the Russian people had removed the fundamental human right to freedom of thought and belief. Censorship of books and articles was intensified, and "social realism" (glorified depiction of communist values, such as the emancipation of the proletariat, in a realistic manner) began to dominate works of art. Artists were forced to produce works that glorified the everyday worker who helped build a better society under Stalin. The reforms meant that if writers did not submit to these restrictions, their works would never be published and they would lose wages paid by the state, in some cases they could even be sent to labor camps. Cultural reforms also had a significant impact on women and the family. After the 1917 revolution women were given more rights in marriage and over their own bodies, these rights made divorce and abortion easier. In 1934 the government became one