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Which Purity Culture Myth Affects You?

Dr. Camden

Welcome to my quiz, Which purity culture myth affects you?

Purity culture offered myths and false promises that perpetuated shame in order to convince Christians to abstain from premarital sex.

Maybe you don’t currently agree with purity culture, but you grew up with those teachings. Unknowingly, the beliefs and messages of purity culture have permeated your thinking. It has shaped the way you think about sex and faith, and affects the way you view yourself and others.

How to take this quiz: You may want to take this quiz from your present vantage point to see what beliefs continue to affect you. Or you might pick an age or stage in your development (perhaps adolescence or college/young adulthood) and answer the questions as you would at that stage. Or do both--take it once for your current beliefs, and once for how you would have answered in a previous stage of life. After you get your results, I’ll help you understand that myth more, how it affects your thinking, and how you can work to change it.

1. 

Christians who are virgins before marriage are stronger in their faith.

2. 

Premarital sexual abstinence is a sign of spiritual maturity.

3. 

If someone claims to be a Christian but I know they had premarital sex, I start to question their status as a believer.

4. 

I feel good about myself and I know God is proud of me when I abstain from premarital sex.

5. 

One way to tell if someone is a true Christian or not is if they are a virgin.

6. 

If a Christian abstains from premarital sex, God will bless them with a loving marriage.

7. 

Being a virgin when you marry means God will give you a fantastic sex life in marriage.

8. 

God will give you your desire for a spouse if you obey his teachings on purity.

9. 

When I see friends who had premarital sex get married, I wonder how God could bless their marriage.

10. 

I wonder why my friend is still single when she’s done things the right way and is still a virgin.

11. 

Once you marry, sex will be enjoyable, pleasurable, and rewarding—if you waited.

12. 

Virginity is the most important gift you can give your spouse on your wedding day.

13. 

Having a great sex life in marriage is a reward for waiting.

14. 

People are bound to have sexual problems in their marriage if they had premarital sex.

15. 

God will certainly bless my faithfulness in waiting by giving me great sex in marriage.

16. 

You won’t have your whole heart to give to your future spouse if you aren’t a virgin.

17. 

Having premarital sex leads to sexual difficulties in your later marriage.

18. 

Every sexual experience you have pre-marriage hurts you when you marry.

19. 

You are no longer pure if you have premarital sex.

20. 

Even if it’s not unforgiveable, you can’t “undo” losing your virginity. You are forever changed.

21. 

Men are more sexual than women, so wives must be prepared to meet their husband’s sexual needs.

22. 

Women have to be careful about modesty so they don’t tempt men and cause men to lust.

23. 

Purity is an important part of what it means to be a Christian girl or young women, and part of a young woman’s purpose.

24. 

Sex is mostly about physical pleasure for men and emotional bonding for women.

25. 

It’s harder for men to control their sexual urges, so it’s up to young women to enforce sexual boundaries when dating.


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To learn more about how to deconstruct the myths of purity culture and reconstruct a healthy sexual ethic, visit http://www.DrCamden.com

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