NEW RESEARCH: Modesty Messages Groom Boys to Become Predators

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 30, 2026 | Parenting Teens, Research

Teaching modesty messages makes church more dangerous for teen girls. That’s what our newest paper, out in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, shows.  It’s based on our dataset for our book She Deserves Better, and the lead author on it...

PODCAST: New Research on Modesty Messages, Sexual Harassment in Church, Plus We Answer Your Questions!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 26, 2026 | Parenting Teens, Podcasts

We’ve got a new research paper on modesty messaging coming out! We’ve been working behind the scenes on a number of different peer reviewed papers, and we have another one to tell you about today regarding modesty messaging and sexual harassment in church....

Many Evangelicals Resemble Generic Fundamentalists More than Jesus Followers

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 10, 2025 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Modern evangelicals are often closet fundamentalists. They may wear hip clothing, and they may try to sound “cool”, but they often look far more like fundamentalists than they do like Jesus. This week on the Bare Marriage podcast (dropping tomorrow), Keith...

4 Reasons Church May Not Be a Safe Place for Women

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 7, 2025 | Faith

These stories are adapted from the book Safe Church: How To Guard Against Sexism & Abuse in Christian Communities by Dr. Andrew Bauman. Art is done by Her Cherch. You can follow her work here, and check out HerCherch’s merch at the Bare Marriage store!...

What Were You Wearing When Teenage You Was Harassed in Church?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 30, 2024 | Parenting Teens