Mattie Jo Cowsert joins me today discussing purity culture, abstinence, hookup culture, and sexual freedom. Maddie Jo is an actor, shameless oversharer, and author of her new book, God, Sex, and Rich People, A Recovering Evangelical Testimony. Is purity culture toxic? Are there benefits to waiting until marriage for sex? 

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Ellen’s Resources for purity culture debate

University of lowa Health Care: “Women who began haying sex as teens are more likely to divorce, study finds," 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/06/110615091059.htm

Re-Examining the Link Between Premarital Sex and Divorce

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10989935/#:~:text=Other%20studies%20also%20have%20demonstrated,understood%20in%20terms%20of%20causality.

The greatest predictor of extra marital sex, affairs, is premarital sex. The data shows when you have premarital sex you are more likely to cheat on future partners and future spouse

David buss, The Evolution of Desire

NCBI: Children of divorce are more likely to be develop mental health issues, be abused, incarcerated, abuse drugs and alcohol

"The impact of family structure on the health of children: Effects of divorce," https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4240051/#:~:text=of%20emotional%20distress-,1.,(Bramlett%20and%20Radel%202014).

Guttmacher institute: Odds of spousal infidelity are influenced by social and demographic factors

https://www.guttmacher.org/journals/psrh/2000/05/odds-spousal-infidelity-are-influenced-social-and-demographic-factors

Institute for family studies: The road to infidelity passes through multiple sexual partners. Does sexual history affect marital happiness?

https://ifstudies.org/blog/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness#:~:text=In%20an%20IFS%20blog%20post,marital%20stability%20was%20less%20clear.

Cohabitation before marriage increasing likelihood of divorce: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2904561/#:~:text=The%20cohabitation%20effect%20is%20reflected,%2C%20&%20Waite%2C%201995)

and

https://ifstudies.org/blog/premarital-cohabitation-is-still-associated-with-greater-odds-of-divorce#:~:text=Hence%2C%20inertia%20is%20another%20possibility,found%20by%20Rosenfeld%20and%20Roesler.&text=Other%20Possibilities.,%2C%20including%20Teachman%20(2003).

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