The Story of Two Pastors Defending Marital Rape

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 12, 2026 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

I’m often surprised what sexist pastors will say in public comments on social media. This week I’ve been posting quite a bit on Facebook about the story I shared in Monday’s post where the Navigators’ material justified marital rape....

How The Navigators Normalized Marital Rape

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 10, 2026 | Abuse, Sex, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Let’s look at how specific discipleship materials actually enable marital rape. But first, a bit of background. Last week on my Substack I re-ran a post I wrote a few years ago on this blog about the two kinds of marital rape (here’s the Substack post and...

Who Is the Real Victim When Men Lust? Every Man’s Battle Says It’s Men!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 16, 2026 | Pornography

Is It Abuse? How do You Accept that You’re in an Abusive Marriage?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 27, 2023 | Abuse

Are Obligation Sex and Marital Rape the Same Thing?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 18, 2023 | Abuse

Is all obligation sex necessarily rape? As we’ve been talking about obligation sex this month, starting with 10 things you need to know about obligation sex, and how obligation sex affects a woman’s body, there’s a conversation that keeps coming up on social media:...