716: Singles and Sexuality Pt. 2
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 April 2017
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
In this two-part episode, Dr. John Dehlin and his wife Margi hold a panel discussion with Kristin Marie, Michelle Ross, Paul Smith, and Ryan Stott. The panel navigates topics that include sexuality/purity messaging for the youth of the church, its impacts, and suggestions for approaching sexuality in healthy ways.
Part 1: The panel discusses the purity messaging they received as youth in the church and its impact on their sexual education and emotional well-being.
Part 2: The panel discusses healthy sexuality topics including developing your own definition of intimacy, negotiating your sexual experiences, and consent.
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| 0:51.3 | Alright so let's change the subject now. So let's talk, let's just say whether |
| 0:57.1 | not you're a believer. Let's not put it in terms of non-believing or |
| 1:01.4 | believing. Let's talk about what happens when you start to engage healthy |
| 1:09.2 | sexuality as a single person. What does that look like? Like I can imagine |
| 1:13.6 | either someone's newly divorced and they're petrified about like how do I |
| 1:19.8 | date now? I can have sex with whoever I want but I don't want to be |
| 1:23.6 | responsible and safe. How do I even go about it? I can think of a 19-year-old |
| 1:29.5 | who let's just say no longer believes in the church and she's just like or he's |
| 1:33.7 | like hey okay I don't believe in the slouch acid anymore but I don't want to hurt |
| 1:38.8 | myself or go crazy. How does one begin healthy sexuality if they've been raised |
| 1:45.1 | as a Mormon on the strength of the youth pamphlet? What's step one? Who wants to |
| 1:49.6 | give us step one? It's a great question. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Michelle. |
| 1:55.2 | I'll give step one. I think step one is making the decision on your own. |
| 2:01.1 | For me it was a very very thoughtful decision where I think you know maybe |
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