Does Higher Sex Drive Lead to Rape? Pushback as a Learning Tool

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 10, 2023 | Parenting Teens

We had an amazing Theology in the Raw podcast with Preston Sprinkle. It dropped on Thursday, but I’d like to tell you about it, because we’ve never had this opportunity before to answer (friendly!) pushback about our views on modesty and consent. We were...

Feeling Responsible for Her Own Sexual Assault: A Youth Group Case Study

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 31, 2023 | Parenting Teens

I read a story about how a youth group culture contributed to a young woman feeling guilty about her own assaults. I’d like to share it today, because it fits in to everything we’ve been talking about with She Deserves Better, our new book that launches...

PODCAST: Why Are Women Supporting the Modesty Message?

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 23, 2023 | Podcasts

Consent and Modesty: Let’s talk about two ways the church often gives terrible messaging to teens–and why Today on the podcast we’re looking at two more aspects of our upcoming book She Deserves Better, which launches on April 18! We’re going...

Did David Rape Bathsheba? Plus Why the Answer Matters

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 15, 2023 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

For the last week, social media has been debating whether David raped Bathsheba.  It erupted anew when Owen Strachan, a staunch patriarchalist, called out abuse advocate and lawyer Rachael Denhollander, saying that she was wrong to say that the David/Bathsheba story...

The Sexual Element in Spanking Children: Let’s Ask the Uncomfortable Questions

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Jun 22, 2022 | Abuse, Parenting Young Kids, Sex, Sexual Intimacy

Can we talk about something hush hush? What if spanking kids is also a form of sexual assault? Hear me out on this one, okay? I’ve shared a number of social media posts and podcasts about spanking lately, including what the large meta-analysis of 160,000...