I've settled on a movement to study this semester, and I'm going to post the general overview of it here so that everyone has an idea of what page I'm on -- and also so you have one less person to worry about picking the same topic as you. :)
The movement I am studying this semester is known as the purity revolution; a largely-Evangelical undertaking that embraces what it refers to as sexual purity in both private practice and public policy. This includes strong support for abstinence-only sex education and a commitment to "biblical standards" of sexual behavior in order to influence decisions made in the public sphere - which ultimately affects how we act in private.
The purity revolution can also be characterized as a reactionary 'counter-movement' against the cause of sexual freedom. The purity revolutionaries see the sexual freedom movement as one that threatens cherished traditional values, in addition to the emotional, physical, and spiritual well-being of adolescents. The sexual freedom movement, to them, literally threatens to annihilate sexual purity.
The purity revolution has been remarkably successful in achieving its goals, despite being scowled upon by most of the population. The tenets of the movement have been carried into education, legislation, foreign policy, and religion; and the revolution show no signs of slowing down.
Ultimately, it stands to be an exciting project. I am looking forward to hearing about what everyone else is planning! :D
Take care and control!
3 comments:
This sounds really interesting!
I am definitely looking forward to seeing more on this and learning of your insight on this issue.
In my opinion, as with all religious-right movements, this movement is absurd and just the psychos trying to take over the world even more than they already have.
Good luck!
Sorry, although not highly political or highly religious, I still think you have to pick a side, gov't or religion....We have to have someone making rules, otherwishe we have chaos.
Although rules can be necessary for order, I would rather have control of making my own rules (true participatory democracy) rather than a government (Fascism) or religion (theocracy). So in a sense, we don’t have to “pick a side,” rather we should self-determine based on good reasons and shared values. Just some thoughts…
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