What Do “Certificates of Purity” Communicate to Sexual Assault Survivors?

What Brelyn Bowman and Pastor Mike Freeman are communicating to sexual assault survivors is nothing short of cruel.

Rethinking Purity

It’s time to rethink what we’re teaching children about “purity.”

What Do Presents, Chocolate Bars, Roses, Chewing Gum, and Packing Tape Have in Common?

“Presents, chocolate bars, roses, chewing gum, and packing tape have all been used by abstinence educators and various Christian leaders and teachers to illustrate to young people how having sex before marriage will ruin them and leave them disgusting and unwanted.”

Resolved: That We Should Talk about HSLDA Debate, NCFCA, STOA, and CFC/ICC, Part One

“What are your stories and experiences with the homeschool speech and debate world? Were they positive, negative, or a mixture? These organizations were a vital part of many of our experiences with homeschooling in high school and no subject or institution is off limits here.”

Resolved: That We Should Talk about HSLDA Debate, NCFCA, STOA, and CFC/ICC, Part Two

“Despite the mixed messages and plentiful paternalism to go around, the overwhelming lesson I carried away was to communicate as well as you could — to communicate better than the next person, male or female. Bottom line. And that training has stuck.”