by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 26, 2026 | Parenting Teens, Podcasts
What if purity culture taught you to shrink? And you did–literally? I read Anna Rollins’ book Famished lately, and I was so enthralled by her story (and her writing). She was describing what it was like growing up in purity culture, and how all the stress...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 26, 2025 | Libido, Theology of Marriage and Sex
One of the most frequent questions I get from men is this one: How can I get my wife to understand my sexual needs? He feels like he’s in a sex-starved marriage, and he’s desperate for sex. But the more he talks about sex, the more his wife pulls away. What’s the...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 21, 2024 | Podcasts, Pornography
I’m tired of being called uptight for not wanting pornified views of sex. The amazing Gisele Pelicot, who is genuinely a hero, has famously said “shame must switch sides.” She’s the woman whose husband arranged for almost 100 men to rape her...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 10, 2024 | Podcasts
What if purity culture really did a number on you? We talk a lot here at Bare Marriage about how harmful much of the purity culture rhetoric was: It increased women’s chances of marrying an abuser; increased the chances she’d be sexually harassed or...
by Camden Morgante | Oct 9, 2024 | Faith
Do you need to recover from purity culture? This is a first for me–but I wrote a foreword to a book! Dr. Camden Morgante’s first book Recovering from Purity Culture launches next week, and I’m so excited about it. Dr. Camden is a clinical...
