For many students and young adults, hearing about the Rice Purity Test can be a bit confusing. You might have seen friends posting their scores on TikTok, Instagram, or Reddit and wondered, “What ...

(RNS) — In ‘Recovering from Purity Culture,’ Camden Morgante confronts the damage of shame-based sexuality and charts a path forward. (RNS) — Whether it was wearing a “True Love Waits” ring, reading ...

Put a finger down if you’ve come across a ‘Rice Purity Test’ video on TikTok. Purity tests first gained popularity in the 1980s as a way to test the taker’s innocence, and the Rice purity test is one ...

Gen Z TikTok users have been sharing the results of an online “test” to demonstrate their growing “experience” or “innocence” based on their lifestyle choices. The Rice purity test enables users to ...

You can see it in YouTube video essays, TikTok comments and social media trends. Purity culture is back. Waves of tradwife influencers like Nara Smith and Ballerina Farm, rising numbers of religious ...

College students often bond by sharing some of the most intimate details of their lives, whether during late night car rides or dorm gossip sessions. The Rice Purity Test helps facilitate these ...

There are some mothers and some uncles among the 150 people in the ballroom of the Broadmoor hotel, but the night belongs to fathers and daughters. The girls generally range in age from college down ...

Q: How do I explain purity culture to a potential partner? I grew up in the US, but I live in Europe now where that really wasn't a thing in the early 2000s. A: I wish that we could just send out a ...