Purity Culture Archives - Andrew J Bauman

When Your Daughter Becomes Human

When Your Daughter Becomes Human

By Andrew Bauman|2026-03-10T16:57:34+00:00March 10th, 2026|Church, Domestic Violence, Masculinity, MensWork, patriarchy, Safe Church, Sexism, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Shame, Violence|

My daughter begged us to go, but my face gave away my dread; she continued to plead until I got over myself and relented. She wanted to attend the father-daughter dance at the local Methodist church. I’m not the best dancer, sure, that comes with being a middle-aged dad who [...]

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No, Sorry, You’re Not a Virgin: Untangling Porn & Purity

No, Sorry, You’re Not a Virgin: Untangling Porn & Purity

By Andrew Bauman|2022-05-13T13:00:24+00:00May 13th, 2022|Addiction, Domestic Violence, God, Grief, Healing, Kindness, Masculinity, patriarchy, Pornography, Relationships, Sexism, Sexual Abuse, Sexuality, Shame, women|

The purity movement of the 90s created some odd sexual behaviors that we are still seeing play out 30 years later as those adolescents have become married adults attempting to have healthy sexual relationships. One of those sexual outcomes is that men (and many women) are proud that they “waited” [...]

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