About this episode

The episode discusses the disproportionate emotional and mental load women bear in evangelical marriage culture regarding sex.

Send us Fan Mail Who's carrying the mental and emotional load when it comes to sex? Today Keith and I are breaking down all the ways evangelical marriage culture places that burden almost entirely on women: from appearance standards and contraception to performing passion on demand and suppressing her own emotions so his experience stays comfortable. We are listening to sermon clips and reading quotes from bestselling Christian marriage books that are pretty hard to hear, but really important...

People in this episode

Host: Sheila Gregoire

Guest: Keith

Topics covered

• emotional labor
• mental load
• sex
• evangelical marriage culture
• women's burden
• Christianity

Keywords

• emotional labor
• mental load
• sex
• evangelical marriage
• Christian marriage
• women's issues
• appearance standards

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: evangelical marriage culture

Books & works: bestselling Christian marriage books

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