Purity Culture is largely embedded within White social and
political systems intended to dominate and control bodies through a
hyper-moralistic, anti-sex landscape.
However, in this last week of Black History month, it's
imperative that we talk about the ways that Purity Culture has
impacted Black communities.
To help us, we are sharing our interview with Deesha Philyaw
(@deeshaphilyaw), author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies,
about how the values of Purity Culture have infiltrated Black
churches and informed sexual relationships and expectations within
the Black community. We talk about:
Purity Culture within Cultural Contexts
Values
How Sexual Misinformation Informs the Writing
Process
The Lack of Conversation
Divorce within the Church
Fiction and Sexual Health
Suffering in Silence
“Daddy Issues''
Grief
Working Through Self-Hate Through
Fiction
Sexism within Black Churches
Check out Episode
59: Banned Books: The Secret Lives of Church Ladies, with Deesha
Philyaw on Apple Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you get your
podcasts. Please give us a five star review as well!
Show notes and
transcript are found on the Sexvangelicals website.
About the Podcast
Sexvangelicals is a podcast about the sex education the church didn't want you to have, hosted by Julia and Jeremiah, two licensed and certified sex therapists.