PODCAST: Professor Neil Shows Us How to Reach Young Men Steeped in Misogyny

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 14, 2025 | Men's Corner, Podcasts

I love Professor Neil’s videos. Professor Neil is a professor of English literature at Cambrian College in Sudbury, Ontario, but he’s best known for his TikTok and Instagram channels where he “stitches” videos from people who have said horriby...

3 Ways to Help Your Friends Not Fall Into Toxic Evangelical Teachings

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 11, 2025 | Books, Theology of Marriage and Sex

The Doug Wilson blowup made me realize: We need to speak to our friends about fear. Did you see the CNN interview with Wilson and members of his church last week? Basically, in that interview they supported: Women existing primarily for reproduction (exactly against...

PODCAST: What Does Authoritarianism and Complementarianism Have in Common? (with a Quiz!)

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 7, 2025 | Podcasts

What if complementarianism is authoritarianism in disguise? One of the questions that haunts us here at Bare Marriage, that we’re always trying to understand and strategize about, is how do we reach people who are still knee-deep in toxic teachings in their...

Let’s Start Building the Healthy Alternative to Toxic Evangelical Marriage Teaching

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jan 6, 2025 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

For years, we’ve been showing how the vast majority of Christian marriage books contain toxic teachings. It started with us reading Love & Respect, and seeing how terrible the sex advice was. When the powers that be ignored us when we tried to bring up...

We Have to Break the Cycle of Shame and Pain in the evangelical Church

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 18, 2024 | Faith, Parenting Young Kids

One of the hardest things to do is to break dysfunctional cycles. Whether it’s in our families or in our churches, being a changemaker is hard. But it is so, so necessary. It’s the most vital thing that we all need to do. You can be the top politician in...