006 - Virgins and Volcanos - Purity Culture Part 2

CAUTION!   In this episode we talk very vulnerably, honestly and explicitly about sex and our personal experiences.   We feel this is not appropriate for younger kids.  Regarding teenagers...  for those who may have already been influenced by or are struggling with the teachings of "purity culture" and/or fundamentalist principles, our unvarnished real-life experiences may be useful and instructive.   Please use discretion.

*** If you haven't yet listened to Virgins & Volcanos Part 1, you can catch up here: 
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2078827/12790634

In Part 2 we pick up where we left off last time discussing:

• The Preparations - how we, as VIRGINS, navigated our engagements and got ready for our weddings.

• The Pain - the disorienting and devastating reality we discovered on our wedding nights, that the fulfillment of all those "Promises" wasn't quite what we'd been led to expect.   

NOTES, ADDITIONS & CORRECTIONS

• It is NEVER our intention to inflict pain or shame.  We did our best to refer to our former spouses without using their names.  In two places we slipped, and have "bleeped" over those names with our super high-tech verbal "BEEP" technique.  Enjoy.

• Neither Tracey nor Sharon had ever had a boyfriend prior to their marriages at Last Days Ministries.

• The high-school choir teacher who molested Sharon at age 16 was Mr. J.  Edmund Hughes, who taught at Tucson High School.  Yep, we are naming names.  (Sharon later found out she wasn't the first teenage girl he took advantage of... and we're guessing she wasn't the last.)

• Solomon, of the Bible, is believed to have had 700 wives and 300 concubines. The 'daughters of Jerusalem' mentioned in the Song of Songs are considered to be poetic  'cheer leaders' to the love between Solomon and his newest bride.

• Tracey misspoke when she said she "could not UNDER-state" the emotional impact that the LDM leadership fractures had upon her - she meant to say should could not OVER-state that impact.