Uploaded December 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Rachel Halder joins the podcast to discuss healthy sexuality in general and her book Sacred, Sexy, and Whole in particular. Some topics include:
Introducing Rachel and her history studying sexuality (0:54)
What purity culture means and some of its implications (6:30)
The extent to which purity culture comes out of a long history vs being a new construction (10:42)
Consequences of purity culture (13:45)
Advice for people who are dealing with the harm of purity culture, including the value of masturbation as a way to learn about yourself (18:10)
Resources to help people exploring these questions (22:01)
What's in the book (25:07)
General responses to the book (28:53)
Trauma that results from purity culture and generational passing down of purity culture (31:42)
Rachel's relationship with her Mennonite history (35:54)
Neuroscience and sexuality (39:22)
What's next for Rachel and her work (41:45)
Vision for the Church (43:48)
Links
rachelhalder.com
Twitter: @sacredandsexy
Instagram: @thesacredandthesexy
Facebook: @thesacredandthesexy
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Rachel Halder joins the podcast to discuss healthy sexuality in general and her book Sacred, Sexy, and Whole in particular. Some topics include:
Introducing Rachel and her history studying sexuality (0:54)
What purity culture means and some of its implications (6:30)
The extent to which purity culture comes out of a long history vs being a new construction (10:42)
Consequences of purity culture (13:45)
Advice for people who are dealing with the harm of purity culture, including the value of masturbation as a way to learn about yourself (18:10)
Resources to help people exploring these questions (22:01)
What's in the book (25:07)
General responses to the book (28:53)
Trauma that results from purity culture and generational passing down of purity culture (31:42)
Rachel's relationship with her Mennonite history (35:54)
Neuroscience and sexuality (39:22)
What's next for Rachel and her work (41:45)
Vision for the Church (43:48)
Links
rachelhalder.com
Twitter: @sacredandsexy
Instagram: @thesacredandthesexy
Facebook: @thesacredandthesexy
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For more from MennoNerds, visit mennonerds.com
Become a monthly supporter through Patreon: patreon.com/mennonerds
Make a one-time donation through PayPal: paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=W798EGMFHTZE8
