Category Archives: Book of Oprah

The season of singleness.

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Dalrock

One of the biggest impacts of the sexual revolution and second wave feminism is the trend of women delaying marriage to focus on a combination of sexual promiscuity, education, and career.  A quick and dirty way to visualize this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Allyson Rowe, Book of Oprah, Complementarian, Data, Finding a Spouse, Too traditional to be traditional, Traditional Conservatives, Turning a blind eye, Ugly Feminists, You can't make this stuff up | 230 Comments

What to do when the tingles wane.

Posted on July 5, 2018 by Dalrock

In modern Christian theology, the wife’s vagina is God’s messenger.  If a woman isn’t sexually attracted to her husband it is a sign of God’s displeasure in her husband. Sheila Gregoire has adopted the same modern Christian teaching, and brings … Continue reading →

Posted in Attacking headship, Book of Oprah, Disrespecting Respectability, Gary Thomas, Rebellion, Romantic Love, selling divorce, Sheila Gregoire, Threatpoint, Ugly Feminists, Wake-up call, Whispers, Wife worship | 123 Comments

Do it for the validation.

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Dalrock

From the ironically titled site For your marriage, comes a pitch to use the annulment process to validate your decision to divorce even if you don’t plan on remarrying: I do not plan to re-marry. Why should I present a … Continue reading →

Posted in Annulments, Book of Oprah, Church Apathy About Divorce, Divorce, Rationalization Hamster, selling divorce, Turning a blind eye | 71 Comments

Gotta ask the boss, Christian edition.

Posted on October 13, 2017 by Dalrock

In the discussion of Gotta ask the boss, commenter AnonS described a man up group he found via his local mega church: Local mega church had a small group listing for a ‘radical men’s mentoring group’ that I emailed for … Continue reading →

Posted in Ask the boss, Attacking headship, Book of Oprah, Radical Mentoring, Regi Campbell, She's the boss. | 149 Comments

Man up and share your feelings.

Posted on June 23, 2017 by Dalrock

I mentioned UNCOMMEN in Hair Shirts and Chest Thumping last week.  One of their recent blog posts is Her Needs Above Yours, which claims that God orders husbands to follow pop psychology and become “emotionally available” to their wives: …God … Continue reading →

Posted in Attacking headship, Book of Oprah, Disrespecting Respectability, Game, Honor Your Father Today | 78 Comments