Episode 112: What About Purity Culture?

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to a Latter-day Saint young woman when she hears that virtue and chastity are 'most dear and precious above all things?' Purity Culture is a movement built on teachings of sexual abstinence before marriage, with the insidious slant that girls and women are responsible for not only their own purity, but that of boys and men. Young women face strict dress codes and years of lessons about how to avoid tempting or distracting. Some even internalize a message that's difficult to overcome: a woman's personal worth is linked to her sexual purity. In Episode 112, therapist Colette Dalton joins Cynthia and Susan for a conversation about changing the conversation. How might the Church teach chastity in ways that promote sexual health and spiritual well-being throughout our lives?

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0:00.0	So couples who maybe are following the law of chastity are maybe not having sex that I think would be considered fully healthy if they're not following these six principles of sexual health and so I I think it could be so
0:15.1	interesting if these were taught to you being like if you do decide to have sex at some point
0:20.8	This is what you should be looking at. Is it consensual? Are you free
0:24.8	from unwanted pregnancy and SDIs? Can you be honest? You know, going through these things I think
0:28.8	would be amazing and that can lead to really positive sexual experiences instead of just the black and white checkbox of,
0:36.0	oh, we're married or no we're not.
0:41.0	Hi, I'm Susan Hinckley.
0:43.0	And I'm Cynthia Wynward.
0:45.0	This is at last she said it.
0:47.0	We are Women of Faith discussing complicated things.
0:50.0	And the title of today's episode is,
0:52.0	What about purity culture?
0:54.0	What about purity culture?
0:56.0	What about it?
0:58.0	This is such a big topic we're going to tackle today
1:02.0	and we needed a friend to come on a professional and so we've asked
1:08.9	Colette Dalton to come on today. Thank you Colette for coming on.
1:12.3	Hi Colette. Hi, Colette, for coming on.
1:12.8	Hi, Colette.
1:13.8	Hi, thanks for having me.
1:15.0	I'm excited to be here.
1:16.4	We're excited to have you back.
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