*Content Warning: self harm, physical abuse* Anonymous YouTuber Apostate Aladdin shares his story of becoming a man in an environment that used fear to keep boys and girls and men and women separated. This intense fear that men need to be kept away so they don’t act on their uncontrollable desires, left him feeling scared, targeted, alone and shameful. Here we learn about purity culture through a different lens and how he was able to overcome his fear of interacting with women so he could create positive friendships and relationships.

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Live episodes together where we discuss the similarities and differences between Islam and Mormonism:
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• Why AA wears a mask and has a pseudonym
• Specifically AA's experience & not every Muslim's experience
• Apostate as a derogatory term
• What kind of interactions were allowed with the opposite sex
• A young AA getting in trouble for liking a girl
• TW: CA- What happened when AA was caught texting a girl
• Vague rules within the purity culture he experienced
• Even young boys weren't allowed certain places alone
• What these restrictions did to the minds of boys and men
• The nightmare of puberty
• What happened when AA realized masturbation was considered a sin
• The pilgrimage- feeling unworthy
• Was dating allowed?
• Does the hypersexualizaiton create odd turn ons?
• When did AA start pushing the boundaries?
• When did AA begin to have healthy interactions with women?
• What did AA find about Islam that he didn't resonate with?
• Did he convert his GF to being a Muslim?
• Where did AA land in his spirituality and relationships?

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