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A review by oliviajh
She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up by Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, Sheila Wray Gregoire, Joanna Sawatsky
5.0
I only stopped reading to sleep, and even that was up for debate. You must read this book.
I have always said that I am someone that has grown-up “Purity Culture Adjacent” Purity Culture was not present in our home, but it was certainly present in the culture of my friends and the groups I was in. I had a balanced, biblical, consent and autonomy based sex education, but I was the outlier and the anomaly among my peers. And even though Purity Culture wasn’t in our home doesn’t mean I got out of my teen and early adult years unscathed. I have my own hurt & traumas as a result of the traditional purity culture teachings of evangelical culture and “theology” in the west. It has been a painful and humbling experience to listen to the stories of so many friends, mentors, and women that
have been harmed over and over again by these teachings.
This is the teaching I’d wish my best friends, sisters in Christ, and strangers in the grocery store had been given. This is the teaching I’d hope to give, should I ever have children.
This book, among others, gives me genuine hope for the future generations of girls and women. THIS is the teaching every girl should have, and DESERVES, to have.
I have always said that I am someone that has grown-up “Purity Culture Adjacent” Purity Culture was not present in our home, but it was certainly present in the culture of my friends and the groups I was in. I had a balanced, biblical, consent and autonomy based sex education, but I was the outlier and the anomaly among my peers. And even though Purity Culture wasn’t in our home doesn’t mean I got out of my teen and early adult years unscathed. I have my own hurt & traumas as a result of the traditional purity culture teachings of evangelical culture and “theology” in the west. It has been a painful and humbling experience to listen to the stories of so many friends, mentors, and women that
have been harmed over and over again by these teachings.
This is the teaching I’d wish my best friends, sisters in Christ, and strangers in the grocery store had been given. This is the teaching I’d hope to give, should I ever have children.
This book, among others, gives me genuine hope for the future generations of girls and women. THIS is the teaching every girl should have, and DESERVES, to have.