If you were a teenager in the late 90s and early 00s and existed anywhere near Y2K Christianity, you likely encountered True Love Waits - a virginity pledge movement that prompted hordes of kids to sign commitment cards and wear rings signifying their intent to wait until marriage to have sex. But it didn’t work. And I have some stuff to say about it.Intro song by Remmington Taylor [IG: @rmmngtn] Reclaiming the podcast: From Purity to Pole DancerBooks and ResourcesPure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay KleinEryn Johnson, founder of Living Open, breathworker, and healer who specializes in religious traumaHappy Whole Way - purity culture/religious trauma coaches and communityEPISODE SOURCEShttps://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/purity-culture-evangelical-church-harms-women/618438/https://www.scarymommy.com/wore-true-love-waits-ring-shame https://spectrummagazine.org/views/2022/we-must-choose-manhood-masculinity-sex-and-authority-evangelical-purity-manuals https://wng.org/opinions/why-we-need-a-joshua-harris-rule-1675943342 https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/18/purity-ring-virginity-abstinence-sexual-education https://www.baptistpress.com/resource-library/news/christian-musicians-team-up-to-promote-true-love-waits/ https://cedarvilleinterpreter.com/2022/11/29/why-purity-culture-is-so-toxic-a-female-perspective/ https://relevantmagazine.com/faith/josh-harris-opened-up-about-leaving-christianity/ https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/23/545289168/abstinence-education-is-ineffective-and-unethical-report-argues https://albertmohler.com/2019/08/01/joshua-harris