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As opposed to a bat mitzvah or a quinceañera, evangelicals ought to have a funeral at the beginning of girls’ adolescence. When you’re a girl you’re allowed to be who you are. But as you get older, you have to put that person to death. Because after puberty, you’re dirty. So now you have to be what’s expected of you. You always have to fit some kind of role or be whatever a woman is supposed to be instead of actually who you are. (Jo)
Erin
Dang, ain't that the truth.
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I still remember the horrid depression I felt about age 12 when I realized these things. Talk about Catch 22.
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free
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