Militant masculinity, purity culture, and complementarianism combined toxically

Evidence

At the end of the decade, however, the more militant movement would begin to reassert itself. When it did, this resurgent militancy would become intertwined both with the sexual purity movement and with the assertion of complementarianism within evangelical circles. In time it would become clear that the combination of all three could produce toxic outcomes. — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 394

Categorization

• XREF: Foregrounds the toxic triad thesis that later chapters (purity culture, complementarianism) will demonstrate; connects to the book’s overarching continuity-not-hypocrisy argument.