by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 10, 2018 | culture, grace, Sex
“If you get raped, does that mean you’re not a virgin anymore?” That was one of the anonymous questions asked at a small group my 17-year-old daughter was at one summer. The adults leading the discussion hemmed and hawed, saying technically, they...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 26, 2018 | preparing for marriage, Sex
If you lose your virginity in a one-night stand, how do you deal with the shame you feel? That’s a question I get quite a bit. And when I was writing The Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex, one of the themes that kept popping up in my surveys was women saying...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 3, 2017 | preparing for marriage, teenagers
Like many parents of 90s kids, I once embraced I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Written by then-21-year-old Joshua Harris, it was all about how “dating” is dangerous and will wreck your ability to have a good marriage. Instead, what we should aim for is...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Jun 29, 2017 | culture, Sex
Growing up in the purity culture people can learn the wrong lessons about sex–and God. Here are 7 things one woman had to unlearn once she married: How can we raise our kids to have a healthy view of sex–and not perpetuate some of the unhealthy aspects of...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 29, 2017 | preparing for marriage, teenagers
What if the way that we’re teaching purity is really hurting kids? I’m just back from my walking tour of Ireland with my husband, and it was AMAZING! I’m hoping to do a post soon with some of our pictures and tell you about how neat (and relatively...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 20, 2016 | teenagers
Is the purity culture pendulum swinging back to the middle (as it should)? It’s Friday, the day when I usually publish a 400-word inspirational marriage piece (to counteract all the long pieces I run on other days! 🙂 ). But I have something important to...
Sheila Wray Gregoire has been married for 25 years and happily married for 20! 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 8 books. About sex and marriage. See a theme here? Plus she knits. Even in line at the grocery store.
