Talk to pretty much any deconstructed millennial woman about why she left the church and one of the first things she’ll bring up is 1990s and early 2000s “purity culture.” Also known as “modesty culture” or “courtship culture,” an entire generation of girls in the conservative evangelical church were purposefully taught to fear human sexuality—even healthy sexuality—and to see themselves as the primary responsible party, should a boy ever look at them with lust.
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Know Your Role and Shut Your Mouth
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Talk to pretty much any deconstructed millennial woman about why she left the church and one of the first things she’ll bring up is 1990s and early 2000s “purity culture.” Also known as “modesty culture” or “courtship culture,” an entire generation of girls in the conservative evangelical church were purposefully taught to fear human sexuality—even healthy sexuality—and to see themselves as the primary responsible party, should a boy ever look at them with lust.