How Eric and Leslie Ludy Equated the Rape of a 12-Year-Old with “Losing Her Virginity”

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 15, 2026 | Books

Eric and Leslie Ludy completely distort the trauma of sexual assault This husband and wife team (who got together first when he was 21 and she was 16) wrote one of the “Bibles” of purity culture–When God Writes Your Love Story. We talked about it at...

Why Can’t the Every Man’s Battle Authors Acknowledge Sexual Assault Victims? 2 Horrifying Examples

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 1, 2026 | Men's Corner, Pornography

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...

Let’s Dissect the Roots of the Duggars’ Pedophilia

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2026 | Abuse

Another Duggar son has been charged with sexually abusing a child. This time it’s Joseph Duggar, the seventh born and third son. (I wrote this piece before news broke that his wife Kendra has also been charged with 4 counts of false imprisonment, among other things....

PODCAST: The 4 Types of Euphemisms With Sex That Drive Us Batty

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 23, 2025 | Podcasts

Euphemisms about sex just make everything more difficult. And we want Christian pastors and authors to stop using them! And thank you to Zondervan and Dorothy Greco’s For the Love of Women for sponsoring this podcast! Today’s got some funny moments, but...