1492: Sexually Assaulted by My Companion as a Mormon Missionary - McKay Johnson Part 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2021
⏱️ 190 minutes
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Summary
McKay ‘Spartacus’ Johnson is our guest today for this fantastic two-part Mormon Stories interview. Carah Burrell takes the reins again as lead interviewer as we talk to McKay about battling a “Nephi complex” growing up, early exposure to pornography, and his mission to Brasil where he describes being groomed by his mission companion and sexually assaulted. It’s an intense and undercover topic and we thank McKay for coming on the podcast to share his experience being a male sexual assault survivor.
In part two, McKay tells us about what it was like to heal from his mission and deconstruct the homophobic ideas he carried with him after his assault. Eventually getting married and divorced, we discuss with McKay what happened the night he confessed to his wife he had been occasionally viewing pornography and what can be done in Mormon culture to shift the unhelpful and counterproductive labeling of men like McKay. McKay is also a talented TikToker and musician, so we are happy he could find time to take a break from playing rock god to join us on Mormon Stories and we hope you’ll support him wherever his talents take him!
Content warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual assault.
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Show notes:
- @Spartacus_Unchained on TikTok
- Healthier approaches to porn and masturbation
- @ExMoLex on TikTok
- @ExMormonMindy on TikTok
- @NuanceHoe on TikTok
- SuitUpSoldier.com
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to a new episode of Mormon Stories podcast. I am your host for the day, |
| 0:06.8 | Cara Barrell, and I am really actually excited. This is kind of an interview that I wanted to do |
| 0:14.5 | and I got ready. So I am probably the most excited, equally as excited with our guest. So I'm really |
| 0:21.1 | excited to introduce to you, McKay Spartacus, Johnson, hey McKay. Hi there. You might recognize him if |
| 0:27.7 | you're on TikTok. His handle is Spartacus underscore unchanged, right? So not only is he just, he's |
| 0:35.2 | one of my favorite humans generally, like to be honest, I have, let's- |
| 0:38.8 | You're gonna make me blush already. I'm trying. |
| 0:42.0 | So McKay's really funny and he has a lot of not just like funny comedic TikToks that he makes, |
| 0:48.8 | but also really passionate talking about the things that he's experienced on his mission, |
| 0:52.4 | going through a divorce and being raised in a very kind of orthodox Mormon household in Eagle |
| 0:58.0 | Mountain. Yeah. Eagle Mountain Utah as well. So he has a lot of really interesting themes and |
| 1:03.8 | is an interesting person and all over just kind of a gem of a human being that I wanted to get in |
| 1:08.7 | this chair to come in here. Stop. So yes, keep going, keep going. And I will. So McKay and I have been |
| 1:16.2 | kind of like buds for a little while now and any day where I get to just like hang out and we get a |
| 1:21.2 | chat, go through your story. I think I'm going to enjoy it. And I think the Mormon stories audience |
| 1:26.9 | will as well. So we're gonna be talking about kind of I guess your Nephi complex that your parents |
| 1:31.9 | maybe kind of gave you your life. If you want kind of an overview, he is a sexual assault survivor. |
| 1:37.5 | And that's definitely something that men deal with as well as women. And so I wanted to give |
| 1:43.0 | McKay the opportunity to talk about the trauma that he's experienced in his life. And maybe some |
| 1:47.4 | of the stigmas and some of the things that have been said to you, especially talking about it. |
| 1:51.8 | So publicly on TikTok and responding to a lot of the uncomfortable situations that that you've |
| 1:58.8 | been put through and giving a voice to victims that maybe have gone through similar things, |
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