This episode is all about dating, relationships, and purity culture. Purity culture was a movement within some Christian communities during the 90's and 00's that rejected dating and replaced it with courtship. The idea behind it seemed good: helping young people pursue relationships in a healthy and God-honoring way. But it quickly lost its way. In this epi ... Show More
Oct 21
Moving Out of the Big House & What We Wish We Knew Before Marriage
This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking about moving out for the first time. Neither of us went to college, so most of our “learning to live on our own” happened inside marriage, and we’re sharing all of it. Joy got married at 19 and spent the first six or seven mont ... Show More
45m 18s
Oct 14
Jinger’s First Heartbreak & the Guy She Thought She’d Marry
Hey guys, it’s Jinger! This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking about our first heartbreaks. Joy hasn’t had a classic heartbreak story, so she turned the tables and interviewed me. We start with our first crushes and Joy’s story of sitting through Austin’s plans to as ... Show More
44m 46s
Oct 7
Joy & Jinger: Driving at 14, Grandma's Road Rules & Taking a Big Rig to the Dentist
This week on Call Your Sister, Joy and I are talking all things learning to drive. We grew up in Arkansas, where you can get your permit at 14 with a quick written test, and our dad taught us to drive long before any of that. We started on the weed eater, worked up to the lawnmow ... Show More
56m 45s
Feb 2023
Recovering from Purity Culture and Sexual Repression
<p>This week we are talking about growing up in purity culture and how that has affected us to this day. We talk in-depth about guilt and shame associated with sex in this environment, the struggle to find yourself sexually, how lonely it can feel, and more!</p>
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41m 11s
Oct 2024
Healing from Purity Culture: Understanding and Overcoming Shame | Dr. Camden Morgante | Episode 322
<p>Psychologist, author, and speaker Dr. Camden Morgante joins Blake to discuss the effects of purity culture, particularly on women, and the misconceptions and shame that many have struggled with because of it. Dr. Camden defines purity culture as a movement, especially prominen ... Show More
48m 5s
Nov 2023
Ex-Mormon Girlies Hate on Purity Culture
<p>This week we are talking about purity culture. We talk about how damaging purity culture is, specifically in the Mormon church, for survivors of sexual abuse, how there is no space for those in the LGBTQ+ community, and the different standards the Mormon church, and many organ ... Show More
55m 19s