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The Recovering Evangelical Podcast

Jul 29, 2021

Purity culture teaches a woman to suddenly turn her sex drive on when she gets married after years of forbidding even the thought. April Reuning (@aprilajoy on Tiktok) joins me to discuss the general impact purity culture had on her but more specifically, the impact it had on her marriage. 

TW: sexual assault. 


Jul 22, 2021

On this episode, my friend Kenza (@iamkenzaashley) joins me to continue the conversation about purity culture. She shares her experience with it as a black woman growing up in the church and we examine why the church easily sees redemption after a fall for men but not so much for women. 


Jul 15, 2021

The first part of the 2nd season will be dedicated to how the Evangelical church used purity culture to control us. We'll hear from married women, women of color, and men about their experiences and the harm caused. Part 1 - what is purity culture and what's it mean for the unmarried. 

Quotes and purity culture info...