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"I think my parents were first influenced by the Christian Patriarchy and Quiverfull movements back...

*Trigger warning for survivors of sexual or domestic violence* The blogosphere I follow has lit...

"My parents were both christians before they got married, but after five years of attending...

"At the first homeschool convention my parents attended, they heard one of the "big names"...

"I was not born into fundamentalism. My mother was an ordinary evangelical and my extended...

"My parents were already slipping into PF/QF teachings by the time I was born. They...

"When I was 5 my parents decided to homeschool me. At around age 8 some...

"My parents consider themselves to be first-generation Christians. They were heavily influenced by Mary Pride...

"Both my parents grew up in moderate Christian families. They first got involved with the...

"My parents were originally fairly ordinary evangelicals, but after they started homeschooling me (for practical,...

"My parents have always been fairly traditional and conservative, but their participation in the local...

"When I was seven, my parents divorced. This was 1987, the sort of peak to...

Sierra has just announced that she is starting a project on religious fundamentalism and sexuality,...

Do you feel that the purity and courtship teachings you were raised with still have...

How do you feel about purity and courtship teachings today? Have you rejected some parts...

What were you taught about physical purity, emotional purity, and courtship and dating? How was...

Spiritual Tyranny offers an excellent satire, Modesty Check for Men, pointing out what would happen...

In putting together my blog's tabs, I've been trying to incorporate documentaries I've found useful...

I was raised in what I call "the purity culture." I knew that some people...

Some time ago, a reader offered the following comment on one of my posts. You...

You may be wondering what in the world is going on with this whole contraception...

I was raised in the purity culture. You know, purity rings, purity balls, courtship, saving...

In a comment on my Purity Myth post, I said the following in response to...

This is beautiful. For a full transcript, see here. I think the very best part...

When I wrote about the purity culture and sexual dysfunction last week, I had no...

I just came upon a post today in which a skeptic Christian blogger responds to...

Yesterday I posted about about purity balls, and pointed out that fathers should have nothing...

I just came across this: Golden Isles Father Daughter Purity Ball You really should go...

A good deal of the pain we feel in our day to day lives comes...

Note: I am defining lust as "a feeling of sexual desire" and lustful thoughts as...