Some purity influencers are posting sexual content after years of promoting abstinence.
,” and Cole was highly praised by their followers for remaining celibate when they were dating in spite of her confession.Beal did not respond to a request for comment from BuzzFeed News about her pivot to sex positivity, but she has repeatedly told critics of her posts to “lighten up.” “I’m not going to stop 🛑 If Christian’s don’t talk about a biblical perspective of marriage and sex... who will?” she wrote in a.
But these influencers’ sex-positive content is generally pretty vague — there’s no guidance about which content to read or watch. Followers are left to figure it out themselves, and there is little discussion by Christian influencers about contraception, pleasure, or communicating needs to a partner.
“She’s [now] framing her social media presence around being a Christian woman who isn’t afraid to talk about sex, and completely ignoring that all she promoted in the last five years was the notion that women could only be fulfilled if they repressed their sexual desires at all costs,” Maddie said. “Historically, you have espoused the same rhetoric you're now trying to counter. It's hypocritical.
Sunny, a moderator of the r/FundieSnarkUncensored subreddit, which keeps tabs on fundamentalist religious influencers, told BuzzFeed News they think the posts by former purity influencers about “the clumsy climb out of being a virgin” could be beneficial to young people. But they think it would be better if Beal recognized that “her upbringing in purity culture contributed so much to that difficult transition.
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