Purity Culture Dropout™ One Day Intensive

Shame Free Sex Education Seminar

What exactly is a one day intensive?

A one day intensive is a seven hour seminar covering crucial sex education topics, tailored specifically to people who were raised in high control religions. 

Many people assume a sex education class is going to be a lot of lecturing about body parts, reproduction, and biology. While biology is an important aspect of sex (and one we’ll talk about), there are many other things that make sex education truly comprehensive.

Join me in an interactive class format via Zoom as we work on creating a new, healthier sexual ethic, learn about sex ed basics such as bodies, pleasure, sexual health, relationships/dating skills, dealing with shame, sexual communication, and more. We’ll even touch on sensitive topics like abortion and porn. 

This isn’t “just” sex ed- it’s also an examination of the cultural forces that influence how we think and feel about sexuality.

This class is interactive (only if you want to- I won’t force anyone to interact!) and will include plenty of breaks. 

What you receive:

  • 7 hours of live sex education lessons

  • Pep talks, wisdom, and tips for your post-purity culture sexuality journey 

  • The ability to interact and ask me anything

  • Optional interaction with the other attendees

  • Over 19 additional hours of Erica’s recorded Purity Culture Dropout™ classes (Topics: Sexual Communication, Casual Sex & Dating, Porn, Discovering LGBTQ+ Identity, Parenting Without Sexual Shame, Preparing for Sexual Debut, Navigating Sexual Shame)

  • The latest edition of My Sexual Values Workbook for Purity Culture Dropouts

  • A Purity Culture Dropout™ Resource Guide for Further Learning and Support

    (Additional $230 value)

Are you ready to jump start your post-purity culture sex education journey?

The One Day Intensive, an offering under The Purity Culture Dropout™ umbrella, is back!

If you were ever taught any or some of the following…

  • Your virginity was the most valuable thing about you

  • You should use your mind to control your body’s sinful nature

  • Your body can’t be trusted

  • You can't be both physically desired and respected at the same time

  • Gender roles and expectations are strict and clear

  • Women were responsible for keeping men from stumbling sexually

  • Men’s sexual thoughts and feelings were dangerous to everyone

  • Other genders and sexualities: you just didn’t exist

  • People who had sex before marriage were “damaged goods,” and sex before marriage was dangerous, emotionally painful, and left gaping wounds in your heart that would negatively affect marital sex

  • Women’s bodies should be covered and guarded to help keep men from struggling with lustful thoughts

  • Women view sex as a way to express love to their husband and procreate, while men just want it all the time

  • Sexual desire, fantasy, masturbation, etc were morally wrong 

  • Good girls don’t think/talk about this stuff 

  • Fear and silence were the way to approach the topic of sex

  • If you followed the rules laid out in the Bible and by the church, then your marriage would be blessed and sex would be amazing

Then you may:

  • Struggle with confidence, fear, and uncertainty when it comes to sex

  • Feel uncomfortable about your lack of experience

  • Feel like your sexual exploration has been stunted

  • Not know what you like sexually, or how your body experiences pleasure

  • Feel afraid to date or have sex and relationships

  • Feel shame for your curiosity or desire to explore

  • Think that making peace with your sexuality is one of your big challenges

  • Struggle to understand what attraction even feels like

  • Worry that you have a delayed understanding of your sexual identity

  • Have a lot of fear and anxiety around pregnancy and STIs

  • Feel like you’re also confused by pop culture/ secular ideas about sex

  • Experience grief and anger around time and opportunity lost to purity culture trauma

  • Finally feel ready to do something about it

The One Day Intensive is a day designed to help you deal with the things you feel hopeless about.

This is an experience designed to help you:

  • Gain a perspective of sexuality that is not steeped in religion

  • Combat the shame you feel about sexuality in general

  • Learn how to actually explore your sexuality safely

  • Understand your sexual values post purity culture

  • Learn, step by step, how to speak up in and out of the bedroom

  • Allow yourself to seek pleasure without guilt, shame or any other limitations

  • Dispel the myths about sex & relationships that you were taught (probably some things that you don’t even realize are myths!)

  • Gain more confidence in your relationship to your own sexuality

  • Normalize your experiences and feelings when it comes to sex and what purity culture took from you

  • Teach you how to set boundaries- around sex and even around talking to your family

  • Explore what you desire and how to communicate that

  • Deal with the grief and anger over time lost to purity culture

  • Normalize your experiences- of being a late bloomer or even a married person who still feels affected by purity culture

  • Feel more freedom around being a sexual being

  • Gain the knowledge and confidence necessary to make your own decisions

  • Give you power over old core beliefs that still tie sexuality to morality

  • Come out the other side with more self-understanding, compassion, and tools to cope and thrive

  • Help you feel safe and joyful in your own body

  • Build your confidence in regard to talking about sex in general

“Erica is extremely warm and safe to talk to. As a person coming out of purity culture it is so hard and scary talking about sex/sexual experiences and she received my nervous laughter, anger, chatter with nothing but warmth and acceptance. She is extremely knowledgeable and the tools and resources she gave me in our individual sessions were helpful to me long after we spoke and have made a huge shift in my experience processing purity culture. Talking with her and having guidance with specific resources has helped me to engage in a way that has been much more productive for me. I most appreciate Erica’s genuine care for and admiration of folks who are coming out of purity culture. It can be easy to feel like a freak having to learn/unlearn basic things about sex and dating and it truly means so much that she has focused on this particular experience in her work.”

—H