by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 1, 2026 | Theology of Marriage and Sex
Is it necessary to critique complementarianism to help people have a better sex life? One of the critiques I get at Bare Marriage is that I’d be more impactful if we stopped critiquing complementarianism so much. I was talking last week about a big podcast that...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 20, 2026 | Research
There’s been a big uptick lately of men especially on social media accusing us of having biased research in our study of 20,000 women. I don’t normally address these issues from the blog, because, quite frankly, our work speaks for itself. We did the...
by Rebecca Lindenbach | Feb 23, 2026 | Making Sex Feel Good
Does waiting for marriage for sex increase sexual pain disorders? In short, yes. We found this in our survey of 20,000 women for our book The Great Sex Rescue, and we’ve been trying to raise awareness of this for quite a while. We know that pelvic floor...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Nov 27, 2025 | Podcasts
God is not just an angry magazine cover in the sky He’s not there saying, “here’s 7 ways you could smarten up so you don’t disappoint me so much.” But that’s often how we picture God–so terribly disappointed in us!...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 19, 2025 | Libido, Podcasts
Is it fair to call sex a need? We’re very much against obligation sex here at Bare Marriage–we’ve done research that has shown that the obligation sex message results in far worse marital and sexual outcomes, and contributes to abuse rates. But at...
