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I Only Learned About Purity—Not Consent

July 05, 2026 / 00:40

This episode discusses sex education, purity culture, and consent. The guest shares personal experiences related to learning about sexuality and the impact of societal expectations.

The conversation highlights the lack of education on consent, with the guest revealing that they only learned about it in college. This realization led to feelings of worthlessness and disillusionment with the promises made by purity culture.

The guest reflects on growing up in a challenging home environment and the desire for safety that influenced their beliefs about relationships and marriage.

TLDR

The episode covers the impact of purity culture on understanding consent and personal worth.

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When I was learning about like sex and sexuality, I only learned about purity. I never learned about consent. And I

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didn't even learn what consent was until like college. So, that's when my world like really started to fall apart and I

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started to feel like that worthlessness of like because we're kind of given this

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promise, right? Of like if you do all the right things, if you like save yourself for marriage, um and this is

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very like I kissed dating goodbye. Like you will have like this perfect lovely marriage um and you will have the

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safety. And for me who grew up in like a rough home, like I wanted that safety in my life.

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Episode Highlights

Learning About Consent
A personal revelation about the importance of consent in relationships.
“I didn't even learn what consent was until college.”
@ 00m 06s
July 05, 2026
The Promise of Purity
Exploring the false promise of purity and its impact on personal worth.
“If you do all the right things... you will have the safety.”
@ 00m 18s
July 05, 2026

Episode Quotes

I never learned about consent.
I Only Learned About Purity—Not Consent
My world really started to fall apart.
I Only Learned About Purity—Not Consent
I wanted that safety in my life.
I Only Learned About Purity—Not Consent

Key Moments

Learning about consent00:06
Feeling worthless00:12
Desire for safety00:34