![]() Purity rings, purity pledges, and purity balls came with a dangerous message: girls are potential sexual "stumbling blocks" for boys and men, and any expression of a girl's sexuality could reflect the corruption of her character. In the 1990s, a "purity industry" emerged out of the white evangelical Christian culture. |a From a woman who has been there and back, the first inside look at the devastating effects evangelical Christianity's purity culture has had on a generation of young women-in a potent combination of journalism, cultural commentary, and memoir. |a Movement I: The stumbling blocks - Sin, psychosis, or system - The lie - Pure destruction - Sexual violence, classified - Movement II: Stumbling through church - Man-made girls - The virgin - The tigress - Family values - The stained-glass ceiling - Movement III: Stumbling out of church - Trapped - Frozen - The G(od) spot - Dementor - Movement IV: How we get over - Going home - The no shame movement - Sanctuary. ![]() |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-321) and index. ![]() |a New York, NY : |b Touchstone, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., |c 2018. |a Pure : |b inside the Evangelical movement that shamed a generation of young women and how I broke free / |c Linda Kay Klein. |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d BDX |d OCLCO |d OCLCF |d SSH |d BLP |d DAD |d IH9 |d FM0 |d QQ3 |d YDX |d MOF |d OCLCO |d MOF |d IGA |d UKMGB |d E3V |b Simon & Schuster, Order Dept 100 Front st, Riverside, NJ, USA, 08075 |n SAN 200-2442 ![]()
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