We will be exploring how purity culture is embedded in both religious and secular spaces alike and how it impacts our feelings of shame and guilt around bodies, sex and sexuality, and relationships, especially for college-age youth. Specifically in this event, we will:

• Define purity culture
• Describe the effects of purity culture on sexual health, wellness, and relationships.
• Share ways in which purity culture has impacted participant experiences of sex, sexuality, identity, self-worth, and partnership.
• Identify ways that practitioners and community members can reframe some of the harmful messaging that purity culture promotes
• Provide a resource list for continuing this unpacking of purity culture