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<blockquote>''This frenzy for sending the "pigs" to the slaughterhouse, far from helping women empower themselves, actually serves the interests of the enemies of sexual freedom, the religious extremists, the reactionaries and those who believe — in their righteousness and the Victorian moral outlook that goes with it — that women are a species "apart," children with adult faces who demand to be protected.''<ref>[https://worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/full-translation-of-french-anti-metoo-manifesto-signed-by-catherine-deneuve Full Translation Of French Anti-#MeToo Manifesto Signed By Catherine Deneuve]</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>''This frenzy for sending the "pigs" to the slaughterhouse, far from helping women empower themselves, actually serves the interests of the enemies of sexual freedom, the religious extremists, the reactionaries and those who believe — in their righteousness and the Victorian moral outlook that goes with it — that women are a species "apart," children with adult faces who demand to be protected.''<ref>[https://worldcrunch.com/opinion-analysis/full-translation-of-french-anti-metoo-manifesto-signed-by-catherine-deneuve Full Translation Of French Anti-#MeToo Manifesto Signed By Catherine Deneuve]</ref></blockquote> | ||
The move towards using puritanism and purity culture as criticisms of broader social phenomena is somewhat interesting, as it may serve a confluence of differeing interests, for example, [[Queer]] people and traditional [[Wikipedia:Men's rights movement|MRAs]]. | |||
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Revision as of 21:45, 24 March 2023
Purity culture is a term often used in relation to the American evangelical movement that attempts to promote a biblical view of purity (1 Thess. 4:3-8)[1] promoting virginity before marriage and so-called purity pledges, purity rings, and events such as purity balls. Since the 90s heyday of evangelism, the term has seen increasing usage among Minor Attracted People, the sex-positive movement, paraphilia activists, sex educators and sex workers, and in these instances, it is often applied to broader cultural trends such as #MeToo and inflexible/doxaic Child Sexual Abuse discourse.
For example, actress Catherine Deneuve co-signed an open letter in the French daily Le Monde, criticizing #MeToo as puritanical:
This frenzy for sending the "pigs" to the slaughterhouse, far from helping women empower themselves, actually serves the interests of the enemies of sexual freedom, the religious extremists, the reactionaries and those who believe — in their righteousness and the Victorian moral outlook that goes with it — that women are a species "apart," children with adult faces who demand to be protected.[2]
The move towards using puritanism and purity culture as criticisms of broader social phenomena is somewhat interesting, as it may serve a confluence of differeing interests, for example, Queer people and traditional MRAs.
External links
- Guardian: Purity culture is dehumanising – it’s consent that should be at the centre of sex education
- ABC: Aristotle in the age of consent: Why the emphasis on “purity” in Opus Dei schools is misplaced — and ultimately dangerous