PODCAST: Are There “Pink Brains” and “Blue Brains”? A Review of the Neuroscience Christian Authors Like to Cite

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 30, 2021 | Podcasts

Ever heard Christian resources tell you that the male sex drive is something that women can’t possibly understand? That men are visual in a way that women never will be? That sex matters to a man in a way that it doesn’t to a woman? It’s all over our...

Even IF Women Want Love More than Respect–Is That a Good Thing?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 16, 2021 | Connecting

We’ve all heard the trope that men need respect while women need love. It’s in the best-selling book Love & Respect, which I have critiqued copiously.  And as we pointed out in a podcast on the problems with unconditional respect, the whole foundation...

PODCAST: What Is the U.S. Military Teaching about Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 27, 2021 | Marriage, Podcasts, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Mark Gungor claims to be the #1 marriage teacher in the U.S. military, and I think it’s important to know what he is teaching. As many of you know, last week an audio recording was published on The Wartburg Watch between pastor, comedian, and marriage teacher...

She Doesn’t Need to Put Out. That’s Not All He Thinks About! How Our Sexuality Got Derailed

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 19, 2021 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Today’s post is by Dorothy Littell Greco, author of Making Marriage Beautiful and Marriage in the Middle, a great book about marriage in midlife. Today she adapts an excerpt for us from Marriage  in the Middle about how faulty teaching and cultural conditioning...

What Happens When We Get Gender Stereotypes Wrong?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 11, 2020 | Resolving Conflict

Yesterday we posted an important podcast about the idea that “men need respect and women need love”, and that these should be unconditional. It’s blown up on Twitter, and I’ve had so much feedback it’s hard to keep track. But a few things...