From classic slashers to modern psychological horror, the genre has long punished characters, especially women, for expressing sexual desire. But what does this say about society, morality, and the...
Her Campus breaks down why women shouldn’t self-police their behavior just to fit the idea of being someone’s “future wife.”
Rooted in the ideological infrastructure of the Evangelist Purity Movement, Purity Balls forward essentialist rhetoric that commodifies women’s sexuality, grants them the onus of sexual responsibility and risks their...
You are not a virgin or a whore: you are a woman.
As America Ferrera's Barbie monologue so famously details, being a woman feels almost impossible. Understanding this, why are we as a society throwing the pressure of womanhood onto little...
Growing up in the church meant being taught that my body was a sacred temple and should not be given away to anyone until marriage. Many of the ways...
Trigger Warning: This piece contains a discussion about sexual assault. I wish I had learned and heard more about identifying unhealthy relationships as a young teenager in the church....
Every woman has been brought up with the knowledge that sex before marriage is bad. And for some reason this sin is weighed differently than every other sin. Why?...
TW: Discussion of sexual harassment, hate crimes, Asian hate, violence against Asians, violence against women I was given an opal ring for my thirteenth birthday. With its large center...