[Faith] Episode 12: Erica Smith - Dropping Out of Purity Culture

The Bible For Normal People

The Bible for Normal People

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

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🗓️ 27 April 2023

⏱️ 46 minutes

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In this episode of Faith for Normal People, Jared and co-host Jennifer Garcia Bashaw talk with sex educator Erica Smith, M.Ed. about the harmful effects of purity culture and the work she does to empower adults who want to create a new sexual ethic for themselves. Show Notes → Please note: this episode includes themes of sexuality with vocabulary that may not be suitable for children or public spaces. Please listen with discretion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Faith for Normal People, the only other God-ordained podcast on the internet.
0:04.7	I'm Pete Ends.
0:05.5	And I'm Jared Bias.
0:06.5	Welcome everyone.
0:13.5	Today on Faith for Normal People, I'm joined by our nerd in residence and friend of the podcast
0:18.3	Jennifer Garcia.
0:19.3	Bashar, welcome to the podcast again, Jennifer.
0:22.0	It is good to be here and I am really excited about this topic today.
0:26.8	I was really glad to have you on for this episode in particular as we chat about dropping
0:31.0	out of purity culture with our guest Erica Smith.
0:34.0	Yes, Erica is an award-winning sexuality educator and consultant with over 20 years of
0:40.3	experience.
0:41.8	She's provided comprehensive sex education and advocacy to young women and LGBTQ youth
0:48.0	and Phil Delphi is juvenile justice system.
0:51.1	She's worked in abortion care and she supported HIV positive and transgender adolescents
0:56.7	and their families.
0:58.2	Yes, and in 2019 she developed the purity culture dropout program which helps people learn
1:03.7	of all the sex education that they miss growing up.
1:06.4	If they grew up in purity culture, I'm guessing not just purity culture.
1:09.7	I'm sure lots of people even outside of that could learn from this program.
1:13.6	So it's sex ed that's accurate, queer, inclusive, trauma informed, compassionate, comprehensive.
1:18.8	Now don't forget to stay tuned after the episode for quiet time during which Pete is going
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