Purity Culture from a Man’s Perspective: the Sex Talk You Never Got | Sam Jolman | Episode 313

The Speakeasy

The Girl Named Blake

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Therapist and writer, Sam Jolman joins Blake to discuss the harmful effects of purity culture on both men and women, especially those raised in the church. Sam shares his personal journey of grappling with his own sexuality and the challenges within his marriage. They explore how men, often left without proper guidance on sexuality, struggle to integrate their sexual desires in healthy ways. The conversation explored how shame can distort our understanding of our bodies and sexuality, and highlighted the importance of bringing these struggles into the light, where healing and redemption can take place. In this episode, you’ll be able to… Understand the importance of embracing and honoring the body as created in God's image. Discover how Jesus' compassion offers freedom and redemption in struggles with body image and sexual shame. Reflect on the theological understanding of desire and pleasure as gifts from God. Sam is the author of The Sex Talk You Never Got – available everywhere now! To connect with Sam… Website: samjolman.com Instagram: @samjolman Facebook: @samjolman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Confessions of a Crappy Christian, a
0:09.7	misfit media network production. I am your host and resident Crappy Christian Bla this about all the things most Christians are still not sure we're allowed to talk about.
0:24.0	So if you've been looking for a place to land with all your crap
0:27.5	and for someone to just be honest about what it looks like to walk through this Christian life
0:32.0	when you've come to the right place.
0:34.2	Pull up a seat, pop in your headphones, and tune out your kids, and come hang out with me and
0:38.8	a guest for the authentic conversations that you have been looking for.
0:42.6	All right, you guys, you know on concessions of a crappy Christian, we're going to have plenty conversations about sex. I don't even know what
0:56.6	installation in Let's Talk about sex series this is started very early in the show because this is so important and so many of us especially
1:06.4	that were raised in the church were raised under really false beliefs and teachings and I think it
1:11.6	is our responsibility now as adults to undo those false beliefs
1:15.9	so that we can walk in freedom and my guest today Sam is leading the charge in
1:21.0	this conversation for men.
1:23.4	We have lots of women stepping up and speaking out about this,
1:26.8	but we need the men to lead the charge
1:29.1	because they got just as many lies and silence as we did.
1:34.4	And so today's conversation is going to be a hard hitter,
1:36.8	but I am so excited to welcome you to the show, Sam.
1:39.7	Thanks for having me on Blake.
1:41.3	I'm excited for this conversation too.
1:42.8	So your book, it just came out, right?
1:46.3	Like, yeah, June 11.
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