Educational tool only. All groups exist on a spectrum of control. Individual experiences vary. Based on publicly available reports, ex-member accounts, court records, and expert analyses — not medical or legal advice.

BITE axis: Behavior

Purity Culture

The 1990s–2000s US evangelical sexual-ethics package (True Love Waits, purity rings, virginity pledges) that produced documented downstream harms including marital sexual dysfunction, scrupulosity around bodily autonomy, and shame-based identity formation. Sheila Wray Gregoire and Linda Kay Klein are the canonical critical voices.