Its impact, though, is global and ongoing. Purity culture was built on an established religious ethic: sexual abstinence until marriage. But it came to encompass a subculture in American ...

From Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin Bieber to Ciara and Russell Wilson, these stars are all about no sex until "I do" Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic More celebrities abstain from sex before marriage ...

The musician revealed details of their private life, including what they do in bed, when asked by a fan ... the international superstar shared that their marriage includes enjoying meals and ...

It was best known for the purity rings that girls wore as part of a pledge to their virginity to God and family. More than merely the value of forgoing sex until marriage, purity culture centers ...

"I waited until marriage because of religious ... blessed to have a husband who is so selfless (in bed and many other ways). We both came from purity culture but decided for ourselves.

I craved physical intimacy more than ever, but purity culture barred us from living together until marriage ... hung the same old pirate flag over our bed, a daily reminder that the kids who ...

“But the entire evangelical purity-culture movement is about preparing people for marriage, which assumes people are getting married in their early 20s. It has little to offer anyone who is ...

An Australian woman who’s shared her husband with 35 women in the past year says her marriage is stronger than ... “Most not be much good in bed if you can’t please your man, or just maybe ...

purity, and submission. Maybe the holy bond of husband and wife could erase all that had happened. “Marriage would help make it right,” she later told me. Her future in-laws gave her a ...

n-tv Books like 1997's "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" by Joshua Harris helped spark the purity movement among many Christians, promoting a strict view of teaching abstinence before marriage.