Should Engaged Couples Commit to a Certain Frequency of Sex Once They’re Married?

by Shari Smith | Aug 16, 2024 | Libido, Preparing for Marriage

Does Sex Have a Start-Up Cost for You? Or a Major Cost?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 8, 2024 | Libido

When people say they “don’t want” sex tonight, what do they mean? We talked about this on the Bare Marriage podcast last week, but I’d like to elaborate on part of it today. I think we often get confused when people talk about this. They’ll say, “Well, sometimes...

PODCAST: Are We Saying Wives Don’t Have to Have Sex?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 4, 2024 | Libido, Podcasts

“So you think it’s okay if women just don’t have sex, then?” Whenever we talk about how sex should be mutual, intimate, and pleasurable for both, and that the obligation sex message is toxic, the reply we get is something along these...

What If Sex Is Like Going out to Dinner?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 11, 2024 | Making Sex Feel Good

This week The Good Guy’s Guide and Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex Turn 2! Two years ago, these two books launched. I wrote the original Good Girl’s Guide to Great Sex in 2012, and Zondervan contracted with Keith and me to write a companion guy’s version, to come out...

Dear Great Sex Rescue Critics: Here’s What We Actually Teach

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Dec 20, 2023 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Are we ignoring the Bible when it comes to sex? As Bare Marriage and our books are getting better known, it’s inevitable that pastors and authors who are wedded to the view of sex that centers on male entitlement and female objectification will start to push back....