More Fixed It For Yous: Can Christian Resources Please Stop Enabling Abuse and Sexual Coercion?
Sometimes the way that Christian resources talk about sexual coercion and abuse makes me want to cry. When writing The Great Sex Rescue, we read the 10 bestselling marriage books (we excluded 3 because they didn't talk enough about sex) and 6 iconic sex books. Of the...
I Have Become “She Who Must Not Be Named”
I'm reeling right now. I was going to start the sexual confidence series today, and that post is 85% done, but when I got up to finish it this morning I checked my email and now I can't think straight, and so I'd just like to tell you about it instead. As I've...
Men and Women Are Different When it Comes to Sex–but Thankfully It’s Not Because of Our Brains
Last week we were talking about how neuroscience does NOT say that men and women are different species when it comes to sex. Rebecca and Connor talked on the Bare Marriage podcast last week about how we've been told by many evangelical authors that neuroscience shows...
How to Tell if Christian Authors Are Using Junk Science about Gender Differences
How do you know if a book is using junk science to prove a point? I thought I'd combine last week's podcast on a DIY test to see if Christian books are harmful or helpful and this week's podcast on the problems with the way that far too many Christian resources misuse...
PODCAST: Are There “Pink Brains” and “Blue Brains”? A Review of the Neuroscience Christian Authors Like to Cite
Ever heard Christian resources tell you that the male sex drive is something that women can't possibly understand? That men are visual in a way that women never will be? That sex matters to a man in a way that it doesn't to a woman? It's all over our Christian...
Announcing the Debutante Ball for our Dataset in the ARDA
Through the whole process of our survey of 20,000 women, we've been committed to doing this to academic standards. We don't want to just be another book that speaks about our opinion; we wanted to take our survey and do it right, and then submit it to peer review so...
Top 10 Marriage and Sex Red Flags You Must Never Ignore
Marriage red flags--all of us have marriage issues, but how do you know if an issue crosses the line into dangerously weird territory? I receive many emails from women in crisis, and since we're talking about doing marriage on hard mode all month, I thought I'd share...
MARRIAGE ON HARD MODE: What To Do if Your Marriage Actually IS Hard
For some people, marriage honestly is hard. We're concluding our marriage on hard mode series this week. All month we've been looking at whether or not we're doing marriage on hard mode--or making marriage harder than it needs to be. We looked at how our beliefs about...
How Menstrual Cups Can Make Periods So Much Easier!
In the last few years, menstrual cups have become a much more mainstream period tool for women. Rebecca here today, and I'm gonna give you a good old warning right at the beginning of this post: we're going to get real personal here! And the reason for that is what...
PODCAST: Do-It-Yourself Tests to See if a Marriage Book is Harmful
We had FUN doing this podcast! And it's a hands-on podcast, too. We're going to walk you through how to tell if the marriage/parenting/sex books on your bookshelf are healthy or not. So grab a couple of books and a cup of coffee or tea, and let's get started! Oh, and...
About Sheila
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 29 years and happily married for 24! She loves traveling around North America with her hubby in their RV, giving her signature "Girl Talk" about sex and marriage. And she's written 7 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.“The Great Sex Rescue!” Is Now Available
