purity culture
God is Grey’s Brenda Davies receives cease and desist from Christian parenting experts
By Kathryn Post — July 31, 2020
(RNS) — Stelle Jacobson characterized her father Matt Jacobson's corporal punishment as “110% into an abuse category” and said the abuse has resulted in her feeling unsafe around men.
How the purity movement created a sense of shame in evangelical women
By Julie Ingersoll — December 10, 2019
(The Conversation) — Extreme abstinence culture goes beyond sexual mores to advise women not to pursue leadership roles or speak out in mixed company.
David raped Bathsheba, and why that matters
By Russell L. Meek — November 1, 2019
(RNS) — If we can use a softer label or somehow chalk sexual violence up to lust or hormones or a woman’s seduction, those who defend or cover up for clergy sexual abuse are off the hook.
Joshua Harris and the sexual prosperity gospel
By Katelyn Beaty — July 26, 2019
(RNS) — Some evangelicals who denounce the prosperity gospel seem to have no problem touting the purity culture that say God will reward those who wait.
Nadia Bolz-Weber wants to kiss 1990s-era purity rings goodbye
By Cathleen Falsani — December 13, 2018
(RNS) — In the wake of #MeToo, evangelicals and other Christians are rethinking 1990s-era purity culture.
We’ve forgotten how to mend. Faith traditions can help.
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — August 17, 2018
(RNS) — When things fall apart, like when religious leaders enter areas of sexual sin or when men abuse their power to victimize women, we are not so good at repairing relationships. In fact, we are at a loss for how to begin.
Evangelical courtship culture normalizes men dating teen girls
By Kathryn Brightbill — November 27, 2017
(RNS) — In a world where female submission is valued and too much independence is a negative, it’s only a hop, skip and a jump to concluding that teen girls and young women who haven’t had a taste of independence are an even better option.
‘Frozen,’ evangelical purity culture, and what it’s like being a girl
By Rachel Marie Stone — March 20, 2014
Can a man ever know what it is like to grow up female in fundamentalism? Disney's 'Frozen' and the vulnerability of purity culture.
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