Purity culture is a phenomenon promulgated by evangelical Christianity that teaches strict
adherence to sexual abstinence prior to heterosexual marriage. Extant research illuminated …

The current study investigated the relationship between purity culture, rape myth
acceptance, and intrinsic religiosity in the Christian population. Specifically, this study …

Past studies have suggested that people's attitudes toward homosexuality and same-sex
marriages are influenced by their parents' attitudes toward homosexuality. The current study …

Rape myths play a pivotal role in the social construction of rape. Rape myths exonerate
rapists, legitimize sexual aggression, and consequently, foster sexual aggression …

Fundamentalist evangelicalism is an intricate grand narrative based upon the interrelated
concepts of end times' eschatology and purity. These two concepts created the conditions by …

In this fascinating book, Caroline Blyth takes a close look at Bibles marketed to teen girls
and asks how these might perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes that lie at the heart of rape …

Background Sex work has a long history and takes different forms, but the associated
precarity and danger, particularly where poorer women and minorities are concerned, is …

Drawing on empirical data from women who pay for sexual services and those who provide
services to women, this ground-breaking study is the first of its kind in the UK, detailing the …

In this article, I employ an autoethnographic lens to look at the evangelical Christian purity
movement, which I experienced within my high school and church in Aotearoa/New …

Is it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women's bodies remain at the mercy of
state, society and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be worth …