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The World and Everything In It

Doubletake: The Rise and Fall of Purity Culture

The World and Everything In It

WORLD Radio

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4.8 • 6.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Michael and Millie Shipe grew up in the era of “purity culture.” It was a big thing for about 20 years starting in the 1990s, and it focused on saving sex for marriage. There were conferences and purity rings and slogans, like “True Love Waits.”But a lot of people say they’ve been deeply damaged by their experience in purity culture. There’s a growing genre of books by the “survivors” of purity culture. These are often bitter tales written by ex-evangelicals who use the term “deconstruction” to describe leaving orthodox Christianity.Today on Doubletake, the rise and fall of purity culture, through the eyes of a couple who lived through some of its best features–and some of its worst. And, just a note: this episode involves relationships and sexuality. It’s not for kids.Music/audio from:CNNSouth Park/Comedy Central“Kiss the Girl” by Samuel E. Wright/Disney“Someday My Prince Will Come” by Adrianna Caselotti/Disney“I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye” by Joshua Harris“Everyday Robots” by Damon AlbarnSupport WORLD News Group at wng.org/donate (http://wng.org/donate)

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0:00.0

From World Radio, this is Double Take.

0:03.5

I'm Les Silers.

0:05.1

I understand you were somewhat of a Disney fan.

0:08.6

You saw all the...

0:10.0

Yeah, we were the risque homeschool family that were allowed to watch The Little Mermaid.

0:13.9

A lot of our friends were not allowed to.

0:17.5

Clara York is one of our double-take correspondence for season three.

0:21.5

When she was about 11 or 12, with her sister and some friends,

0:25.1

we were playing Disney music and Kiss the Girl came on from The Little Mermaid.

0:30.1

And so we all start singing along and we're dancing and, you know, the line is...

0:34.1

We'd all shout When you're married

0:38.2

After every single line

0:42.0

Yeah,

0:44.2

Cherla la la la la la

0:46.3

It's sad

0:47.5

It's a little shame

0:48.6

Too bad

0:49.4

He gonna miss the girl

0:52.1

Clara grew up in Orange County, California, immersed in what she would call purity culture

0:58.4

light.

0:59.4

When you were growing up, what was your attitude toward dating in marriage?

1:06.4

So when I was 11, my parents took me on a like a purity weekend, or my mom took me with the passport to purity curriculum by the Rainies.

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