Purity
What happens when a community tells you not just how to act - but how to think? And is there a cost when shame is used as a way to control the behavior of teenagers?
From pledges, to pop stars, to ponies - sexual abstinence was an important part of pop culture in the 1990s and 2000s. This episode of Shame Rules! explores purity culture to understand what happened and how everything turned out.
Resources
Linda Kay Klein: https://lindakayklein.com/
Break Free Together: https://lindakayklein.com/break-free-together/
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence by Sara Moslener
Brain Matters Podcast (co-hosted by Anthony Lacagnina)
“The Rise and Fall of the Pop Star Purity Ring” by Hazel Cills
Production Team
Shame Rules! is an Epiphonic production
Written and Produced by Nick Jaworski
Cover art and episode art by Arning Echano
Theme music by Hot Dad