Evangelical “purity” culture, roughly defined, is the belief that Christianity requires sexual abstinence before (heterosexual) marriage, especially for girls and women, and promises sexual fulfillment to those who save sex until marriage.
Ashley Easter
Rev. Ashley Easter is a Christian feminist, writer, speaker, TV producer, news pundit, and trained abuse-victim advocate who educates churches and A neutral term used to describe someone or something, such as in law, as non-religious in character. Learn more communities on abuse. She is founder of The Courage Conference, for survivors of abuse and those who love them, and author of The Courage Coach and Cults Hidden in Plain Sight.
