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February 2013

February 11, 2013

What Is “Sexy”?

Danielle of From Two to One has posed a question: What does sexy mean? I...

February 04, 2013

Forward Thinking: What would you tell teenagers about sex?

I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about the problems of the...

February 01, 2013

Christian Bloggers Pushing Back on Virginity

I am loving what is going on this week in the Christian blogosphere. There is...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

More Chores for Men = Less Sex?

There's a new study out on the relationship between sexual frequency and male participation in...

January 30, 2013

Notes on Virginity: Idolizing My Inexperience

Elizabeth Esther has been writing some excellent pieces about the purity culture and virginity recently,...

January 23, 2013

Married, with Friends

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

January 15, 2013

A Novel Approach to Rape Prevention

"In response to claims that men are unable to restrain themselves from committing rape if...

January 14, 2013

Research Challenges Assumptions about Gender and Sex

As I left the conservative evangelicalism of my youth, I learned that many of these...

December 2012

December 19, 2012

On the Pro-Life Movement and the Rape Exemption

Question: What is the difference between a woman who wants an abortion after accidentally becoming...

December 05, 2012

The Purity Culture and Trust

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

December 01, 2012

The Real World Damage of the Purity Culture

Sometimes I get emails from readers that make my heart want to break. Sometimes I...

November 2012

November 18, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Joy’s Story

"My name is Joy; I am a 42-year-old wife and working mother of 2. I...

November 11, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Julie’s Story

"Hi, my name is Julie. I’m twenty years old. I was brought up with a...

November 04, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Lina’s Story

"I’m Lina, and I’m everywhere I thought I wouldn’t be. I grew up as a...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

How I Lost Faith in the “Pro-Life” Movement

The spring of my sophomore year of college I was president of my university's Students...

October 28, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Matthias’ Story

"I am a 23 year old male currently residing in the “bible belt”. I grew...

October 25, 2012

What I Learned from Joshua Harris

With his books I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Boy Meets Girl, Joshua Harris singlehandedly made...

October 24, 2012

Do Joshua Harris’s Books Contain “Valuable Advice”?

Joshua Harris wrote a series of books on sex and relationships for an audience of...

October 22, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Rebekka’s Story

"My name is Rebekka, I’m in my mid-twenties, and from Denmark. I grew up in...

October 13, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Shannon’s Story

"I grew up believing in Christianity like I believed the sky was blue and 2+2...

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 08, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Veronica’s Story

"My name is Veronica. I'm currently 35 years old. I was raised by my parents...

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...

October 01, 2012

Raised Evangelical: Jenn’s Story

"My name is Jenn. My parents converted from Baptist to Evangelical not long after I...

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 20, 2012

Wearing Your Virginity on Your Sleeve

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

September 14, 2012

Worthwhile Reads: Abortion and Pro-Life Groups

The articles collected here deal with abortion and pro-life groups. The first argues that rape...