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No sex, no problems. At least, that was the hope of the purity culture movement. Beginning in the 1980s, we see a massive push among evangelicals challenging their youth to find their identity in abstaining from sex before marriage. What started out as a biblical teaching (sex being reserved for the marriage bed) turned into what some have called “the sexual purity prosperity gospel movement.” Girls were often told that if they abstained, God would bless them with a husband and great sex. Which

This is just purity culture rebranding itself. 🤮 It’s not promise rings and virginity pledges anymore, now it’s pastel balloons and “born again virgin” parties. Same system. New packaging. Virginity has been weaponized against women for centuries. And somehow women are still the ones carrying the shame. Where are the parties for men who stop sleeping around? They don’t exist. Because men’s sexuality isn’t being scrutinized. Women are the ones who get labeled. Women get told they need to “restor