{"product_id":"pure-inside-the-evangelical-movement-that-shamed-a-generation-of-young-women-and-how-i-broke-free","title":"Pure: Inside The Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free","description":"From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women-in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In the 1990s, a \"purity industry\" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual \"stumbling blocks\" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. This message traumatized many girls-resulting in anxiety, fear, and experiences that mimicked the symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder-and trapped them in a cycle of shame.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e This is the sex education Linda Kay Klein grew up with.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Fearing being marked a Jezebel, Klein broke up with her high school boyfriend because she thought God told her to, and took pregnancy tests though she was 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 the purity-based sexual ethic. 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 communities-a journey that facilitated her own healing and led her to churches that are seeking a new way to reconcile sexuality and spirituality.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sexual shame is by no means confined to evangelical culture; Pure is a powerful wake-up call about our society's subjugation of women.","brand":"Readers Paradise Book Shop Wexford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42366406557867,"sku":"","price":5.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0538\/7105\/0923\/products\/1_c3555d63-6c86-4f62-a170-4435c7de3a60.jpg?v=1670505838","url":"https:\/\/readersparadise.pro\/products\/pure-inside-the-evangelical-movement-that-shamed-a-generation-of-young-women-and-how-i-broke-free","provider":"ReadersParadise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}