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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We can snark on Jen without pretending like purity culture isn’t real or harmful. [/quote]

We can acknowledge that different people had different lived experiences. Geez….[/quote]

Espousing that being a young woman raised in evangelical purity culture was not harmful is internalized misogyny, not a different lived experience. While this conversation is interesting and important, it’s not the right vibe for this forum. I’m also pretty sure it’s not the right vibe for Jen. For so many reasons listed here, she’s not someone whose opinion I highly value. She’s sold out too many times in too many directions and the narrative around the men in her family is in conflict with the one she’s selling her followers. [/quote]

Lol. There are literally women on this thread saying they lived through evangelical purity culture and were not harmed. As for internalized misogyny; I highly doubt these women also hate women. But buzzwords are cool, I guess?

Perhaps telling young girls that sex is just for fun, no big deal, and doesn’t require any commitment or real feelings from men, is harming women? Hard to “smash the patriarchy” when you’re giving men exactly what they want. (Look! A cool buzzword!)[/quote]

I’ve clearly triggered you. No one has suggested that the only alternative to purity culture is the extreme you’ve laid out here. Why the hyperbole? Is it because reality threatens your world view? Women who say they were not harmed by purity culture either weren’t exposed to it or are actively perpetuating it. Again, not really fun fodder for a snark board.

Is Tyler going to make an appearance at Me Camp? Isn’t every day Me Camp for Tyler? [/quote]

My “world view” says that different women in different ages and seasons of life, have had different life experiences.

I’ve heard real life women say they were harmed by “purity culture”. I’ve heard real life women say they were not harmed, and actually thrived, by “purity culture”. I’ve heard real life women say they were harmed by never hearing a “purity culture” message.

Saying “purity culture BAD” may be a popular message with the buzzword crowd, but that does not make it true *for everyone*.

And I don’t think Tyler is going to me camp because their relationship is fake, they have most likely broken up, and their mutual publicist is probably hashing out the details of how to announce the break up while not tarnishing either of their images. [/quote]

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