The Double Standard for Boys and Girls in Brio Magazine

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 14, 2023 | Parenting Teens

Let’s use a real-life example of purity culture double standards: Brio Magazine Yesterday on the podcast Rebecca and I read excerpts from old copies of Focus on the Family’s Brio magazine, aimed at teen girls 12-16. We wanted you to hear first hand what...

Can Focus on the Family Ever Accept Accountability?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 7, 2023 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

So much has happened with Focus on the Family this week! We’ve had an op ed published, and there are signs that Focus is refusing to accept accountability. I wanted to write it all up in one round up post, so here we go! First, Focus on the Family has now...

Focus on the Family Proves Changing Halfway Isn’t Enough

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 28, 2023 | Sexual Intimacy

This week, Focus on the Family actually published something healthy. Now, before I go any further, this does not mean that I think they’re a healthy organization now. They still promote all the same unhealthy authors in their store. They still don’t condone divorce...

Echoes of Menstruation: Spoken Word Poetry

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 25, 2022 | For Women

Let’s talk about the echoes of menstruation. Yesterday on the podcast, we were discussing how Focus on the Family’s PluggedIn movie review of Turning Red put references to preteen girls’ periods under “sexual content”, and warned that the...

Why is Focus on the Family Supporting Pressuring Wives to Send Nude Pictures?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Feb 11, 2022 | Pornography

Yesterday Focus on the Family had Gary Thomas and Debra Fileta promoting their book Married Sex, and I’m just depressed. On Fridays I usually do a round-up of social media for the week, but I was awake so much last night in turmoil about this. At some point we...