Deconstructing Purity Culture to Embrace Sexual Pleasure
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Deconstructing Purity Culture to Embrace Sexual Pleasure

  1. 165 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Deconstructing Purity Culture to Embrace Sexual Pleasure

About this book

In Deconstructing Purity Culture to Embrace Sexual Pleasure, certified sex therapist Andreya Jones explains how purity culture came to fruition and how its teachings have affected the sexuality and pleasure of generations of women. Women from this community often report difficulty with religious sexual shame, lack of sexual desire, pain during sex, and sexual dysfunction. This book focuses on how the messages of purity culture have impacted the ability of women to embrace their sexuality and pleasure. It provides guidance and tools needed to identify and evaluate beliefs and messages they received about sex, pleasure, and their roles as women so they can decide which of these messages and beliefs they would like to preserve and which they would like to change or discard. Included in this book is a seven-session psychoeducational curriculum that can be used with individuals or in a group setting. This book was written for therapists and mental health professionals who wish to understand and work with women in this population on their path of healing.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. Part I
  9. Chapter 1: My Story
  10. Chapter 2: Who Is This For?
  11. Chapter 3: History of Evangelicalism and Purity Culture
  12. Chapter 4: Women in Purity Culture
  13. Chapter 5: Shame
  14. Chapter 6: Sexual Dysfunction
  15. Chapter 7: LGBTQIA+ and Purity Culture
  16. Part II: Moving Into the Curriculum
  17. Chapter 8: Class 1: Origins of Purity Culture
  18. Chapter 9: Class 2: Shame and Guilt
  19. Chapter 10: Class 3: Religious Shame Around Sexuality
  20. Chapter 11: Class 4: Sexual Ethics
  21. Chapter 12: Class 5: Desire and Pleasure
  22. Chapter 13: Class 6: Masturbation and Self-Exploration
  23. Chapter 14: Class 7: Conclusion
  24. Chapter 15: Epilogue
  25. Appendix
  26. References
  27. Index
  28. About the Author