NOTE: This week’s podcast features some significant language about human sexuality, sexual dysfunction, and sexual assault. Please listen with discernment.

We talk this week to author Sheila Wray Gregoire about her new book She Deserves Better: Teaching Girls To Resist Toxic Teaching on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up. (with Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach and Joanna Sawatsky). In the book, Sheila and the authors talk about empirical research regarding how the teachings of religious communities have harmed the sexual and social health of girls - but also how religious communities can be part of the solution for women and girls moving forward.

Sheila, Rebecca, and Joanna are also the authors of the best-selling book The Great Sex Rescue: The Lies You’ve Been Taught and How to Recover what God intended, featuring one of the largest research projects on sexuality and Christian faith.

Sheila Wray Gregoire is the face behind BareMarrige.com, the largest single-blogger marriage blog. She's also an award-winning author of nine booksand a sought-after speaker. With her humorous, no-nonsense approach, Sheila is passionate about changing the evangelical conversation about sex and marriage to line up with kingdom principles. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her husband. They have two adult daughters and two grandbabies.

Music: Robert Ebbens
Cover Art: Broadleaf Books