Overview
In the 1990s, a āpurity industryā emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual āstumbling blocksā for boys and men, and any expression of a girlās sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girlsāresulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorderāand trapped them in a cycle of shame.
This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with.
Fearing being marked a Jezebel, Klein broke up with her high school boyfriend because she thought God told her to and took pregnancy tests despite being a virgin, terrified that any sexual activity would be punished with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy. When the youth pastor of her church was convicted of sexual enticement of a twelve-year-old girl, Klein began to question purity-based sexual ethics. She contacted young women she knew, asking if they were coping with the same shame-induced issues she was. These intimate conversations developed into a twelve-year quest that took her across the country and into the lives of women raised in similar religious communitiesāa journey that facilitated her own healing and led her to churches that are seeking a new way to reconcile sexuality and spirituality.
Pure is āa revelation... Part memoir and part journalism, Pure is a horrendous, granular, relentless, emotionally true account" (The Cut) of societyās larger subjugation of women and the role the purity industry played in maintaining it. Offering a prevailing message of resounding hope and encouragement, āPure emboldens us to escape toxic misogyny and experience a fresh breath of freedomā (Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Love Warrior and founder of Together Rising).
This book title, Pure (Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free) - 9781501124822, ISBN: 9781501124822, by Linda Kay Klein, published by Atria Books (July 2, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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