“How Male-Dominated Religion Bleeds Women” Article Challenged and Explained

June 7, 2013 By 6 Comments
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by Cindy Foster cross-posted from her blog Baptist Taliban and Beyond After much time and thought, I felt it appropriate to address the concerns

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Quiverfull Mega-Moms Matter the Mostest

June 6, 2013 By 11 Comments
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by Vyckie Garrison Last month I was invited to participate in a panel discussion on Women Leaving Religion at the Center For Inquiry’s Women in Secularism conference in Washington, DC.

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Sexism, Judgement Day and Forgetting as a Survival Tool

June 5, 2013 By 1 Comment
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by Sierra cross posted from her blog the phoenix and olive branch Sometimes, my mind goes through a litany of abuse that I can’t stop. From my father’s intimidation to the men in trucks who ran me off the road

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CTBHHM: Michael’s Meat, Sit Down and Shut Up and It’s All In Your Head

June 4, 2013 By 30 Comments
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by Libby Anne cross posted from her blog Love Joy Feminism Created To Be His Help Meet, pp. 72-73 Now that we’re finally finished with Debi’s scare tactics, we get another anecdote from the early years of Debi and Michael’s marriage.

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Quoting Quiverfull: Summer of 2013?

June 4, 2013 By 8 Comments
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by Jay Younts of Shepherd Press If you have taught your children to honor and obey God, be assured that your instruction will be assaulted by education, government, and the entertainment culture.

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