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Sex and Sensibilities: Let’s Talk About Puriteens
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August 10, 2023
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25:34Now PlayingHave you heard about the “puriteens”? That’s the nickname for Gen Z’ers who are uncomfortable with sex and sexuality, and discuss that discomfort, largely online. Well, the media is obsessed with them and what their #thoughts mean for the state of their sex lives. But how accurate is that label? Is this a real thing? Our Assignment this week: unpacking the “puriteen” label.
We called up Constance Grady () , who is both a millennial and the Vox senior correspondent behind The Purity Chronicles, () and Izzy Ampil, the Gen Z writer who reported “People Think Gen Z Is Sex Negative, But The Truth Is More Complicated () ” for Buzzfeed News.
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