Why you can trust us By Gabes Torres 7 MIN READDisclaimer: The following themes might be difficult to read, especially for those who have been harmed by purity culture. The volume of stories demonstrating the trauma and negative effects of evangelical purity culture is overwhelming. What’s crucial about the pressure and the eventual trauma from purity culture is that it rests on the intersection of spirituality and sexuality. Coming from purity culture myself, I developed secondary vaginismus. Natarajan, Wilkins-Yel, and other researchers have done qualitative studies on purity culture in the context of race and gender.