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April 2013

April 03, 2013

Dominance and Submission or a Cooperative Partnership?

Supporters of patriarchal gender roles and hierarchical marriage relationships often argue that feminists want to...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Christians Divided on Marriage Equality

This evening I went to a marriage equality rally outside of my town's courthouse. The...

March 13, 2013

Guest Post: Focus on the Family: Feminism is “the way of death”

In this two-part series, Samantha offers her thoughts on a Focus on the Family radio...

March 12, 2013

Guest Post: Focus on the Family: “True strength . . . submits”

In this two-part series, Samantha offers her thoughts on a Focus on the Family radio...

March 09, 2013

Mark Driscoll (Re)Invents Patriarchy

The fact that Driscoll can't even see that we might be able to work towards...

February 2013

February 17, 2013

A Day in the Life

I told Sean earlier that I think today pretty much sums up our lives together,...

February 12, 2013

Men Aren’t Sex-Addled Beasts, They’re Just Individuals

As a young conservative evangelical, I was taught that men were visual and easily aroused,...

February 09, 2013

Jonathan Last, Race Suicide, and Demographic Collapse

It seems author Jonathan Last thinks my IUD caused the fiscal cliff. And every other...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Married, with Friends

Christian author Jerry Jenkins has written a book on building "hedges" around your marriage to...

January 16, 2013

Removing the Romance from Pride and Prejudice

As the leaders of Christian homeschool movement embrace the (supposedly) virtuous past as a contrast...

January 12, 2013

John Piper on Submission and Abused Women

I recently came upon a video from a few years back where John Piper discusses...

January 10, 2013

Mark Driscoll on Stay at Home Dads

This video is several years old, but I only just came upon it and I...

January 02, 2013

“I Make More Money Than He Does”

While at Sean's parents' house over the holidays, I made the mistake of asking Sean...

December 2012

December 29, 2012

The Purity Culture’s Mangled Relationship Advice

When a reader write evangelical blogger Tim Challies for advice, asking whether it was okay...

December 05, 2012

The Purity Culture and Trust

I'm afraid I rather made my husband Sean miserable during our engagement and early marriage....

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Suzanne Venker’s War on Men

I tried to avoid Suzanne Venker, but I've found I just have to say something....

November 07, 2012

2012, the Turning Point for Marriage Equality?

For ages now,proponents of "traditional" marriage have been arguing that any gains in marriage equality...

October 2012

October 17, 2012

Mitt Romney Doesn’t Get Women

From his comment about "binders full of women" to turning a question about equality in...

October 11, 2012

Sex, men, and “giving”

"Sex is the union of two complementary beings—a male, who God created with a physical,...

October 10, 2012

Sex, women, and “giving”

You want to see a fascinating infographic? See, when it comes to sex, the "men...

October 03, 2012

“A truly loving husband won’t take advantage”

Evangelicals and fundamentalists who endorse patriarchy and wifely submission have a problem: teaching that God...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Chryssie’s Story

"I don’t remember when my parents first came in contact with Bill Gothard, Michael/Debi Pearl...

September 24, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Kacy’s Story

"I was raised an Evangelical Baptist in the “Bible Belt.” The church we attended was...

September 22, 2012

The Purity Culture and “Sex Is Beautiful”

Did you know that Michael Pearl wrote a book called "Holy Sex"? Lots of evangelicals...

September 21, 2012

CTBHHM: Michael Pearl’s Stamp of Approval

When evangelical or fundamentalist women like Debi Pearl write marriage advice manuals for good Christian...

September 20, 2012

Wearing Your Virginity on Your Sleeve

A Fox News opinion piece written by a man who "did things right" once again...

September 15, 2012

From “Legal” Coverture to “Visionary” Coverture

Lately I've been thinking again about the whole name changing thing - and about why...

September 12, 2012

The Purity Culture and Sex as a “Duty”

The teachings of the purity culture led me to believe that I owed my husband...

September 09, 2012

What does it mean to be “anti-woman”?

In the comments on yesterday's post, several people insisted that requiring women to always risk...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Raised Quiverfull: Kiery’s Story

"My parents sort of came to Quiverfull beliefs on their own. When I was about...