by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Mar 4, 2024 | Series, Sex
Is there really such a thing as “blue balls”? This month I want to start a new series on the blog called “Fact Checked it For You”, where we look up some of the most common outrageous claims made about sex, and see if they actually stand up to scrutiny. We’ll be...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 10, 2023 | Libido
Obligation sex can wreak havoc on us. For last month we’ve been doing a deep dive into obligation sex, looking at the main problems with obligation sex, how it affects women’s bodies, why you don’t need to consent to being used, and more. But as we’re nearing the end...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Oct 2, 2023 | Sexual Intimacy
More sex does not fix a marriage. In our study of 20,000 women for The Great Sex Rescue, we found that more sex made good marriages great. Good sex, in a healthy marriage, definitely helps that marriage thrive. But sex can’t fix a bad marriage. And, indeed, having bad...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Sep 18, 2023 | Abuse
Is all obligation sex necessarily rape? As we’ve been talking about obligation sex this month, starting with 10 things you need to know about obligation sex, and how obligation sex affects a woman’s body, there’s a conversation that keeps coming up on social media:...
by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 28, 2023 | Parenting Teens
What happens when teenage girls don’t understand consent and coercion? They often blame themselves for their own date rape. In our consent chapter for She Deserves Better, we told Kay’s story–that all too many of you will relate to. Kay was making...
