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Genuine question, why is purity culture bad? As in not sleeping with anyone until you’re married?
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Anonymous 12w

Shames people for having normal human desires, discourages people from learning safe sex practices, and disproportionately shames women and queer people.

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Anonymous 12w

How it’s viewed varies from person to person.

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Anonymous 12w

You’re allowed to do and feel whatever you want, but the second you start shaming others for not following your made-up rules, you have a problem. Purity culture stems from religious ideologies which tend to emphasize demonizing people who don’t participate in the culture and that does far more harm than good

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

It usually portrayed pre-marital (or queer, kinky, etc) sex as being something inherently sinful, rather than saying promiscuity or unprotected sex is unsafe.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 12w

also has tried to, and in some cases succeeded in, dismantle sexual education, leading to higher transmissions of stis, stigmatization of stis, more unwanted pregnancies

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 12w

Many studies also show that couples are far more likely to divorce if they wait to live together or have sex together

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 12w

Actually it’s the opposite, studies show waiting or having few partners decreases risk of divorce

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 12w

National Library of Medicine^^^

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