Jen Hatmaker is reflecting on how purity culture affected her marriage to ex-husband Brandon.

Appearing on a recent episode of the podcast, “The Jamie Kern Lima Show,” the HGTV star opened up about how she brought the “sexual shame” she developed at a young age into her marriage to Brandon, 53.

Jen, 51, recalled a story from her days as a young teenager when her church taught her “sex education” using a flower metaphor. She explained that she and the other girls were told that they were like a flower — a “pure” and “pristine” gift to be given to their husbands only. They were warned that activities such as sexual intercourse with their boyfriends or letting people touch their bodies prior to marriage would be “ruining” the gift, like a petal being ripped off a flower.

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