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66. Meghan Tschanz (Exvangelical) | How Purity Culture Fuels **pe Culture & Silences Women

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Send us Fan Mail 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 cultur...

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