Is Purity Culture Trauma?

Is Purity Culture Trauma?

Welcome to a new season on the Bare Marriage blog! We’re about to begin a new series, starting tomorrow, on obligation sex–how to understand it and get over it. But before we do that, I received this great article by Dr. Camden Morgante (known as Dr....
PODCAST: Trauma, EMDR, and “Himpathy”

PODCAST: Trauma, EMDR, and “Himpathy”

We talk so much about trauma–but what it is? How can we address it?  And what makes some people more likely to sympathize with the perpetrators of abuse rather than the traumatized victims? One of the big things we’re realizing in our launch group for our...
Can I Ask You About Trauma and Sex?

Can I Ask You About Trauma and Sex?

Writing about a complex problem in a healthy way is very tricky. And I’m having that problem right now when it comes to trauma & sex. Today’s Thanksgiving, so I’m quite aware that the majority of my American readers will be ignoring me today!...