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November 15, 2013
It depends upon what the meaning of the word “know” is
Doug Phillips has released a "clarification."
October 2013
October 27, 2013
Pulling the Victoria’s Secret Dance
Fundamentalist and conservative evangelical Christianity is weird. Women are taught to dress modestly in public,...
October 10, 2013
The Homosexual Deathstyle; or, A Fixation on Gay Sex
While I don't think it has wide circulation today, Homosexuality: Legitimate, Alternative Deathstyle was pretty...
October 01, 2013
Dear Sister: On Your Thirteenth Birthday
I can't believe you are almost thirteen. I remember holding you in my arms when...
September 2013
September 08, 2013
“Displayed in a Partially Unwrapped Condition”
In which Michael Pearl uses the candy bar analogy.
August 2013
August 28, 2013
The Lesson of the 2013 MTV VMAs: Being Sexual While Female Is Worse Than Being Rapey or Racist
So. Miley Cyrus. It seems she sang a song at the 2013 MTV VMAs. Mostly...
July 2013
July 18, 2013
My Brothers Too: Purity Culture and Double Standards
Every time purity culture issues come up---purity rings, purity balls, saving your first kiss for...
June 2013
June 17, 2013
Rachel Held Evans: Missing the Mark on Sexual Ethics
I honestly don't feel like Rachel's post was clear at all, and perhaps that's because...
June 13, 2013
Dear Little Girl: Jesus Doesn’t Want Your Sex Life
The O2 Experience is an organization that goes around the country giving talks on "Life,...
June 10, 2013
In Which Sally Grasps Contraception
"Mommy, what's this?" In her hand Sally held a condom, still in its wrapper. Sean...
June 06, 2013
Question: What Do Presents, Chocolate Bars, Roses, Chewing Gum, and Packing Tape Have in Common?
Presents, chocolate bars, roses, chewing gum, packing tape---these sorts of metaphors abound in circles where...
May 2013
May 14, 2013
Whence Opposition to Birth Control? An Illustration.
I've written before suggesting that if pro-lifers are consistent, they should be in favor of...
May 06, 2013
Sex and Chewing Gum: The Danger of Purity Culture
Remember how I wrote recently about how the belief that one's virginity is of utmost...
April 2013
April 05, 2013
Ticking Time Bombs of Atomic Hormones
A Guest Post by Abel. But really, what I took to heart from all this...
March 2013
March 28, 2013
The Three Weavers, Part III: The Fathers’ Advice
This story, written a century ago, encapsulated everything I was taught about emotional attachments and...
March 27, 2013
The Three Weavers, part II: How the Story Begins
There were three weavers---Herthold, Hubert, and Hildgardmar---who were neighbors and friends. To each was born...
March 17, 2013
Why Non-Virgins Can’t Have Good Marriages
It's sort of like the social construction of gender, actually. A girl who grows up...
March 16, 2013
More Real World Damage of the Purity Culture
The purity culture urges young people to marry not based on lust or romantic feelings,...
February 2013
February 27, 2013
Smile! Your Mom … Had Sex?
"Smile! Your Mom Chose Life!" I found this slogan very compelling when I opposed abortion....
February 20, 2013
Teenage Boys and Pedophilia: Evangelical Purity Teachings Blur the Line
As a teen, I babysat a lot. Not so my brother. Within evangelicalism, the idea...
February 18, 2013
Forward Thinking: Talking to Teenagers about Sex
In this post I will pull together some of the responses to this month's prompt:...
February 12, 2013
Men Aren’t Sex-Addled Beasts, They’re Just Individuals
As a young conservative evangelical, I was taught that men were visual and easily aroused,...
February 11, 2013
What Is “Sexy”?
Danielle of From Two to One has posed a question: What does sexy mean? I...
February 04, 2013
Forward Thinking: What would you tell teenagers about sex?
I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about the problems of the...
February 01, 2013
Christian Bloggers Pushing Back on Virginity
I am loving what is going on this week in the Christian blogosphere. There is...
January 2013
January 31, 2013
More Chores for Men = Less Sex?
There's a new study out on the relationship between sexual frequency and male participation in...
January 30, 2013
Notes on Virginity: Idolizing My Inexperience
Elizabeth Esther has been writing some excellent pieces about the purity culture and virginity recently,...
January 23, 2013
Married, with Friends
Christian author Jerry Jenkins has written a book on building "hedges" around your marriage to...
January 15, 2013
A Novel Approach to Rape Prevention
"In response to claims that men are unable to restrain themselves from committing rape if...
January 14, 2013
Research Challenges Assumptions about Gender and Sex
As I left the conservative evangelicalism of my youth, I learned that many of these...
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