The Warrior Wives of Evangelical Christianity

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http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/11/the-warrior-wives-of-evangelical-christianity/382365/

The intense focus on sexuality, purity, manhood, and womanhood in certain faith communities—and its consequences.
EMMA GREEN

NOV 9 2014, 8:00 AM ET


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"Your husband will want sex way more than you do," advises Elizabeth of the blog Warrior Wives in a post called "Wifey Sex Confessions."

"God just made him to think about sex more than you. ... Never demean this about him. Never laugh at him or make fun of him. Accept it as a difference."

Accept it as a difference. It may sound like so much cliched marital advice, but this is a much-discussed idea about sexuality in the evangelical Christian community: Men and women are different.

"There's a lot of concern among evangelical men and women about traditional roles being overturned," said Amy DeRogatis, an associate professor of religion at Michigan State University, in an interview. Her new book, Saving Sex, focuses on the anxieties evangelicals feel about sexuality in American culture. But not other people's sexuality—their own.

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1. Kickin'

folks need to know how f-ed up this is.

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2. Thanks. Really interesting and comprehensive article on this.

The title of "Warrior Wives" (from the blog site) is particularly fascinating, as it appears what these women are warriors against is there own desires and impulses.

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3. It sounds like an ad for a porn fetish site.

"The Warrior Wives of Evangelical Christianity"

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4. A lot of what they are doing sounds kind of, er, interesting.

Books on anal sex, costuming and sex toys are very popular and apparently sold on christian web sites and in churches.

Evangelicals apparently have great sex…..

except for that women having to be submissive at all times thing.

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5. Be nice when people stop getting bamboozled by this shit.

Mark Driscoll was a symptom, not a cause.