{"product_id":"the-purity-culture-recovery-guide-the-shame-free-sex-education-you-deserve-9798881801304","title":"The Purity Culture Recovery Guide: The Shame-Free Sex Education You Deserve","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou deserve to understand your body, embrace your sexuality, and find joy without shame.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For those raised in purity culture, messages about sex were rooted in fear, silence, and control. Virginity was prized above all else, sexual desire was condemned, and women, queer, and trans people were often left shrouded in shame. The results have been devastating: fear of intimacy, painful or unsatisfying sex, and a lingering sense of brokenness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Purity Culture Recovery Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, sex educator Erica Smith-founder of the Purity Culture Dropout(R) program-offers the comprehensive, inclusive, and trauma-informed sex education many never received. Drawing on more than two decades of professional experience, Smith replaces shame with empathy, self-compassion, and empowerment. She provides medically accurate information about bodies, birth control, pleasure, communication, consent, and abortion, alongside affirming discussions of gender, sexuality, and relationships.\u003cbr\u003e Smith's approach is both practical and healing. Readers will learn how to set boundaries, challenge damaging beliefs, explore their own sexual values, and build a new sexual ethic based on respect, autonomy, and joy. Most of all, this book insists that there is nothing wrong with you. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Whether you are beginning your recovery from purity culture or seeking to deepen your sexual self-understanding, \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasure You Deserve\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential, shame-free guide to reclaiming pleasure and rewriting your sexual story.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Erica Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.07h x 6.39w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798881801304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eErica Smith \u003c\/b\u003e(she\/her) is an award-winning, internationally recognized sexuality educator with over twenty years of experience. She has provided comprehensive sex education, HIV prevention, and support to young women and LGBTQ+ youth in Philadelphia's juvenile justice system, worked with transgender youth and families since 2002, and served as an abortion care counselor. In 2019, she created the Purity Culture Dropout(R) Program. A sought-after expert, she has been featured by \u003ci\u003eBustle, Parents, The Daily Beast, Men's Health, HuffPost, MTV, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVice.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Erica Smith \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47699065372829,"sku":"9798881801304","price":79.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_4fd5ede4-992c-4877-80ab-f1b7355cb7ce.jpg?v=1772697403","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-purity-culture-recovery-guide-the-shame-free-sex-education-you-deserve-9798881801304","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}