The Divorcing Religion Podcast

Tessi Muskrat, M.A. - Free To Explore: Sexuality After Purity Culture

Season 1 Episode 128

Tessi Muskrat, M.A. - Free To Explore: Sexuality After Purity Culture

Divorced: Evangelical Purity Culture

 A native woman of Cherokee and Irish descent, Tessi Ynada Muskrat holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology and is a doctoral student researcher at the University of Missouri. Co-founder of the international Purity Culture Research Collective (PCRC), Tessi’s research centers the voices of those who have experienced sexual and gender-based trauma in religious contexts. Additionally, Tessi works as a post-traumatic growth coach, companioning those who have experienced religious or purity culture trauma on their journey to health and thriving. 

 In this conversation, Tessi shares about going from life on a shame-free commune to being deeply indoctrinated by purity culture teachings - and eventually, discovering her own sexuality. 

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