Post Purity Project: Episode 2, Annie's Story

"I didn't know that it wasn't normal for [sex] to hurt. I definitely fell into the category of 'doing wifely duties.'" In episode two, Magnolia interviews Annie. Annie was raised in a Southern Baptist community, and was so closed off from her own body that her friends called her "trench coat". When she got married as a virgin at 19, sex was painful and she thought that was normal. Listen as she tells how she recovered her relationship with her body after an affair shattered everything. - The Post Purity Project podcast tells the stories of people who grew up in purity culture and how it affected them as adults. What happened to all of the young people who signed purity pledge cards in the 90’s? We’ll explore what happens when the teachings of purity culture are tested by love, sex, and marriage — or perhaps the lack thereof.