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By Christine J. Gardner

even if they're immersed in sex-saturated society, thousands of adolescents are pledging to stay virgins until eventually their marriage ceremony evening. How are evangelical Christians persuading children to attend until eventually marriage? Christine J. Gardner seems heavily on the language of the chastity move and discovers a savvy crusade that makes use of intercourse to "sell" abstinence. Drawing from interviews with evangelical leaders and youths, she examines the tactic to shift from a damaging "just say no" method of a favorable one: "just say sure" to nice intercourse inside of marriage. Making Chastity Sexy sheds new mild on an abstinence crusade that has effectively recast a historically feminist idea—"my physique, my choice"—into a strong message, yet one who Gardner indicates may perhaps eventually lessen evangelicalism’s transformative strength. concentrating on the us, her examine additionally encompasses a comparative measurement via studying the export of this evangelical time table to sub-Saharan Africa.

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