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  • Pure

  • Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
  • Auteur(s): Linda Kay Klein
  • Narrateur(s): Linda Kay Klein
  • Durée: 8 h et 58 min
  • 4,8 out of 5 stars (52 évaluations)

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Pure

Auteur(s): Linda Kay Klein
Narrateur(s): Linda Kay Klein
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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. 

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. 

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 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 12-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 12-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. 

Sexual shame is by no means confined to evangelical culture; Pure is a powerful wake-up call about our society’s subjugation of women.

©2018 Linda Kay Klein (P)2018 Simon & Schuster

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So validating

As a woman who grew up in a fundamentalist evangelical Christian church, hearing the stories in this book made me realize that the problem isn't with me, it's with the purity culture teachings, lack of sexual education, and imposition of shame that so many of us experienced. I identified with the stories of nearly everyone in this book which made me feel so much less alone and so much braver to talk about it and seek the support I need to heal.

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Just. What. I. Needed.

A must read for anyone, especially women, who grew up during the toxic purity movement.

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Refreshing and honoring

All my evangelical friends were influenced by the purity movement in a variety of ways - some large some small. My friends talk about it all the time, and this book honors our stories and moves me closer to being free from the harm it caused so many years ago.

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Such a great book!

Growing up in a conservative Christian environment, I experienced so much shame around my sexuality. This book was so healing for me and really helped me see the damage many of those narratives creative and that I wasn’t alone or crazy. Highly recommend!

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Life Changing!

Thank you Linda for writing this book. Thank you for pushing past the fear and criticism to bring so many of us out of the darkness into the light! I am just beginning my journey out of the lies. Thank you for helping me to connect the dots.

Not only a great book but very well narrated!

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