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66. Meghan Tschanz (Exvangelical) | How Purity Culture Fuels **pe Culture & Silences Women
What happens when Christianity teaches girls that their bodies are dangerous—and men's behavior is their responsibility?
What if purity culture doesn't protect women, but helps create the conditions for abuse?
And what happens when Christian women trust their own voices?
Meghan Tschanz, author of Women Rising and host of Faith and Feminism, joins Alexis Rice to explore purity culture, rape culture, patriarchy, sexual violence, consent, and Christian feminism.
Raised evangelical, Meghan learned that a good Christian girl should be modest, submissive, obedient, and responsible for men's desires.
Together, Alexis and Meghan examine how purity culture can normalize victim-blaming, protect male power, and teach women to distrust their intuition. They challenge biblical patriarchy, the manosphere, tradwife ideology, and the claim that male dominance defines Christianity.
They also discuss feminist theology, seminary, diverse Christian traditions, and replacing purity culture with consent culture.
What if questioning harmful teachings isn't abandoning Jesus—but following him more faithfully?
And what if girls never had to shrink themselves to please God?
The slippery slope doesn't have to lead to hell. Sometimes it leads to sacred ground.
WHO IS THIS EPISODE FOR?
Women healing from purity culture, sexual shame, or religious trauma; evangelicals and exvangelicals questioning patriarchy; survivors; and parents, pastors, and men seeking healthier conversations about consent, equality, and power.
✨ GUEST + FOLLOW
Meghan Tschanz | IG: @meghantschanz
Faith and Feminism | meghantschanz.com
📚 MENTIONED + RESOURCES
Women Rising | Meghan Tschanz
Jesus and John Wayne | Kristin Kobes Du Mez
John Fugelsang | Jesus and Women
Mattie Mae Motl | Feminist Theology
Amy Moses | Pelvic Floor Physical Therapy
Mark Driscoll | Biblical Patriarchy Discussion
Matthew 5 | Jesus on Lust and Responsibility
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The Episcopal Church | @theepiscopalchurch
United Church of Christ | @unitedchurchofchrist
ELCA | @elca
PC(USA) | @pcusa
⏱️ EPISODE CHAPTERS
02:45 | A Difficult Conversation for Christian Women
04:41 | Growing Up in Purity Culture
18:33 | Are These Really Christian Values?
25:01 | Leaving Evangelical Patriarchy
35:10 | Purity Culture vs. Consent Culture
37:19 | How Church Culture Harms Women
39:12 | The Myth of Biblical Womanhood
42:23 | Seminary and Questioning Authority
47:35 | Discovering Diverse Christian Theology
52:46 | Finding Healthier Christian Communities
56:24 | Reclaiming Your God-Given Voice
1:03:01 | Spirituality, Nature and Healing
#PurityCulture #RapeCulture #ChristianFeminism #ReligiousTrauma #Exvangelical
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Where the slippery slope becomes sacred ground.
For the spiritually tender - raised in or rooted in Christianity.
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