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Stop Making Women Powerless in the Name of God

My heart hurts when I hear stories of what happens when women (or children or men, for that matter) are made powerless.  In about a week or so we'll be moving the blog over to a new domain, taking only the posts from 2018 with us. I have some posts from pre-2018...

Why Do Some “Christian” Leaders Believe it’s Better for Women to be Killed than Raped?

There's been an alarming and disturbing conversation happening on social media lately about how women should choose death over being raped. An abuse advocate was talking to me about it, and how scary this trend was. I then began to see it all over Twitter, and became...

She’s Someone–Plus Priming for Abuse

Can we talk about how our messages about a woman's role can actually undermine her safety? Just a quick catch-up for today's post! I want to share a few things I've seen on social media and then throw this open for discussion. I'm taking a bit of a downtime this week...

PODCAST: Let’s Revisit the Logical Inconsistencies of Unconditional Respect

Unconditional respect isn't a thing. And yet we're often told that men need unconditional respect, just like women need unconditional love. It's summertime, so I'm taking a month off of recording new podcasts, and instead I'm going to highlight some of my favourites...
Christians Need a Better Understanding of Consent

Christians Need a Better Understanding of Consent

What does it mean to be "unwilling" to have sex? We're in the middle of a series on the blog about how to dig out of the pit your sex life is in, when one of you, or both of you, keeps digging that pit deeper. One of the big points I was making is that we cannot...

What To Do If You’re a Victim of Marital Rape

What To Do If You’re a Victim of Marital Rape

There is little more devastating to a marriage than rape. This month, on the blog, we're talking about how to recover from sexual problems in your marriage, and I want to spend this week talking about marital rape. On Monday, I talked about the dynamics in evangelical...

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