sexual purity

Impure: Purity Culture’s Negative Impact on Female Sexuality

Impure: Purity Culture’s Negative Impact on Female Sexuality

(This post is not explicit but does discuss elements of abuse and the normalization of sexual violence in the church. It may make some uncomfortable, especially those with histories of trauma. If you feel this applies to you, there’s no pressure to read it.) Purity culture significantly impacts how someone understands their own female sexuality….

Impure: Dr. James Dobson’s Defense of the American Family

Impure: Dr. James Dobson’s Defense of the American Family

Nothing is created in a vacuum, including abstinence only sex education. Purity culture used the idealistic allure of simple abstinence practices to withhold vital information related to sex education in order to “protect” young minds and bodies. Here I want to focus on just a couple key elements in purity culture’s recent history. Dr. James…