Can Complementarians Have Great Sex?

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...

Al Mohler, Women Podcast Hosts, and the Slippery Slope of Complementarianism

by Keith Gregoire | May 27, 2026 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

Complementarians often warn about the slippery slope of egalitarianism For the last few years, the Southern Baptist Convention has been trying to get rid of female pastors.  At first it was just about expelling churches that called women pastors. Now it’s...

Why Complementarianism Depends on Keeping Women in a Bubble

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 26, 2026 | Connecting, Theology of Marriage and Sex

Complementarianism is threatened when women see there are alternatives. I’ve got some quick new findings for you today, and then some birthday reflections I had yesterday (took the day off to celebrate my 56th birthday, mostly by building new garden beds, which...

Why the Patriarchy-Egalitarian Spectrum Is Deceptive: Egalitarianism is the Middle!

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | May 6, 2026 | Theology of Marriage and Sex

I’m often accused of swinging the pendulum to the other extreme. Note: this article appeared on my Substack last week, and I wanted it here to to preserve it on my website! Plus I added some good stuff to it! I remember a commenter writing about how her husband was...

Women Have Agency: You Don’t Have to Obey Churches or Husbands Who Want to Control You

by Sheila Wray Gregoire | Apr 29, 2026 | Abuse, Faith

Yesterday I had a message from a woman being summoned in to defend herself to a toxic elders’ board. She had been going to a very hierarchical, controlling church and had realized it wasn’t healthy and had decided to take her family and go elsewhere. The...