Anna Rollins’s memoir examines purity culture, disordered eating, and the cost of being a good ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author at her bridal shower in 2005. Courtesy of Kendra Stanton Lee I met my husband in college, and we dated for five years ...

(RNS) — A U.S. version of 4B is akin to evangelical Christian purity culture, mixed with old-fashioned talk about the battle of the sexes. (RNS) — As my church transitioned from postelection lament to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Purity culture enforced rigid gender roles: men were cast as aggressors; girls were told not to tempt them.’Illustration: Simone ...

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For many people, changing their religious orientation also means shifting their relationship with sexuality. Purity culture has had an enormous impact on Evangelical Christians in the United States, ...

This book was among the top books mentioned both by experts and by commenters online who shared their experiences with how these books affected their lives and view of their own sexuality. While ...