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Episode 276: Is Reading Romance Novels for Women the Same as Watching Porn?
Season 8 Episode 276
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We know watching porn is wrong--but are romance novels just as bad? We've often heard that comparison made: Sure, guys watch porn, but remember that women read novels! Today Rebecca and…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 275: Becoming the Pastor's Wife feat. Beth Allison Barr
Season 8 Episode 275
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What if marriage replaced ordination as a woman's path to ministry? What if we've systematically erased the stories of women ministering in the past, and in so doing silenced women's vo…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Episode 274: The Marriage You Actually Want
Season 8 Episode 274
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The Marriage You Want is LIVE! Our book launched this week, and in this week's podcast we take a broad, investigative look into the state of evangelical marriage publishing, and why the…
Published on 6 months ago
Episode 273: Are Traditionally Christian Marriages Linked to More Immaturity? The Data Speaks!
Season 8 Episode 273
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It's episode 273 of the Bare Marriage podcast! We found that certain beliefs are correlated most with emotional immaturity--passive aggressiveness; outbursts of anger; emotional dysregu…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Episode 272: Is "Acts of Service" Love Language Really a Cry for Help? All New Bonus Stats!
Season 8 Episode 272
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What if the "acts of service" love language is masking something else--the totally unequal division of labor that many couples have, and Gary Chapman ignores? Plus does the "physical to…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 271: What the Unfairness Threshold Tells Us About Marriage (and Mental Load!)
Season 8 Episode 271
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Episode 270: What Does Prioritizing Marriage Look Like? Plus Do You Have to Choose Between Being a Good Wife and a Good Mom?
Season 8 Episode 270
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Prioritizing your marriage can be tough. How do we spend enough time together? Do we need more date nights? And MOMS—don’t forget to be a wife first and a mom second! But in all this ta…
Published on 7 months ago
Episode 269: The Marriage Hierarchy of Needs—and Why Compromise Doesn’t Work
Season 8 Episode 269
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Ever tried to find a compromise when you’re having an argument—but even the compromise doesn’t seem fair? In today’s podcast we explain why—using what we call The Marriage Hierarchy of …
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Episode 268: Why Data Shows That Teamwork, Not Hierarchy, Is the Key to a Great Marriage!
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What is the biggest key to a great marriage? Teamwork! Let’s talk about how teamwork is associated with all the good outcomes we want for marriage—better sex; feeling close; resolving c…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Episode 267: Why Evangelical Marriage Advice Often Backfires
Season 9 Episode 267
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In our research looking at marital and sexual satisfaction among evangelicals, we’ve found that over and over again our best-selling books, and our megachurch pastors, teach things that…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago