Breaking Free from Purity Culture: A Conversation with Sex Educator Erica Smith

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Stephanie Warren interviews sex educator Erica Smith about healing from purity culture and the impact of cultural pressures on sexuality.

Send us Fan Mail To support this podcast Subscribe to Stephanie Warren's Substack In this episode Stephanie sits down with sex educator Erica Smith for a candid, shame-free conversation about sex, embodiment, and healing from the long shadow of purity culture. Although Erica didn’t grow up in Christian fundamentalism, her work intersects directly with the systems, beliefs, and cultural pressures that shaped so many of us. Her outside perspective brings clarity, nuance, and compassion to a top...

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Host: Stephanie Warren

Guest: Erica Smith

Topics covered

• purity culture
• sex education
• embodiment
• healing
• Christianity
• cultural pressures

Keywords

• purity culture
• sex education
• embodiment
• healing
• Christianity
• cultural pressures
• shame-free conversation

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