When Modesty Rules Make Drowning More Likely

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jul 24, 2024 | Parenting Teens

Here’s the Data on Why We Need to Stop Calling Girls Stumbling Blocks

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 29, 2023 | Parenting Teens

It’s time to focus on the effects of modesty messages on girls–rather than the effects of girls on boys. For the last few weeks we’ve been talking about modesty rules for teens, on the podcast, on the blog, and on social media.  I often get extremely...

How Did We Think Calling 8-Year-Olds’ Bellies “Intoxicating” Was Okay?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 20, 2023 | Parenting Young Kids

Why did the evangelical church not recognize pedophilic language? Last week on the Bare Marriage podcast we told you about Dannah Gresh’s Secret Keeper Girl curriculum, popular during purity culture, which told 8-12 year-old girls that their bellies were...

PODCAST: How Did Modesty Messages Affect Us Long-Term?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 16, 2023 | Parenting Teens, Podcasts

How does hearing modesty messages as a teen affect you as an adult? We’re working through another big chapter in our new book She Deserves Better today! For She Deserves Better, we surveyed 7000+ women to learn how their experiences as teens in church affect...

PODCAST: Noticing, Lusting, and the Yoga Pants Debate

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Aug 15, 2019 | Podcasts

Are yoga pants actually pants? Maybe that’s the wrong question! It’s time for a new episode of the Bare Marriage podcast! I hope you all will listen, but if you don’t have time, I’ll have some links and rabbit trails below so you can read all...