If there is one through line between Dr. Darrel Ray’s inception of the Secular Sexuality podcast and whatever porn-star-interviewing home-made-kazooing shenanigans SecX has become, it’s the idea that we can unlearn the destructive myths of our sex-negative culture. In deconstructing purity culture we can better empower ourselves to make and share the love that we deserve. Catch my conversation with Emily Maynard below and be sure to check back afterwards for some footNOTES!
Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
#ChurchToo by Emily Joy
Kissing Purity Culture Goodbye with Dr. Darrel Ray
The Flaw at the Center of Purity Culture by Angie Hong for The Atlantic
Which Purity Culture Myth Affects You? by Dr. Camden Moragante
5 Purity Culture Myths and Why They Are False Promises by Dr. Camden Morgante for CBE International
“Damaged Goods” Has Something for Everyone by Sarah Moon from Patheos
Feminism 101: Purity Culture from Belle Brita
Breaking up with purity culture by Esther Taylor for the One Woman Project
