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Are Romance Novels Women’s Equivalent to Porn?

Is reading romance novels the same as watching porn?  When I call out watching porn, I inevitably get some commenters (usually men) complaining that I don’t call out women reading romance novels. Both set up unrealistic expectations; both get people to focus on sex...

Should You Prioritize Sex? Why Frequency Is the Wrong Measure

You shouldn't prioritize sex in your marriage.  That's how we open chapter four of our new book The Marriage You Want. Instead, we argue, you should prioritize the ingredients of great sex.  I'm going to talking about this further in a FREE webinar with Jay Stringer...

PODCAST: Are Romance Novels for Women the Same as Porn for Men?

Is it fair to compare romance novels to porn? Quite often in comment sections in our posts about porn, or even in pastor's sermons or various websites for single women, the topic of romance novels = porn will be raised. Men will often say, "sure, you call out guys for...

Sexual Boundaries in Marriage Don’t Mean You’re Anti-Sex

Why are so many evangelical authors trying to convince married women not to have sexual boundaries? In episode 260 of the Bare Marriage podcast, that dropped last week, Rebecca and I had one of my favourite convos so far, when we looked at how too many evangelical...
Are Romance Novels Women’s Equivalent to Porn?

Are Romance Novels Women’s Equivalent to Porn?

Is reading romance novels the same as watching porn?  When I call out watching porn, I inevitably get some commenters (usually men) complaining that I don’t call out women reading romance novels. Both set up unrealistic expectations; both get people to focus on sex...

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The Evangelical Sex Report Card

The Evangelical Sex Report Card

What quality of sex do evangelical couples tend to have? This was one of the questions that we set out to answer when we launched our ground-breaking survey to 20,000 married evangelical women and our followup survey with 3000 evangelical men. We used the data from...

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All About Orgasms!

All About Orgasms!

I think it's time to talk more about orgasm! We spend a lot of time at Bare Marriage showing how BAD teaching can lead us to really bad outcomes--no sexual pleasure; distance in marriage; even sexual pain.  But we don't just want to show you what can mess you up. We...

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