Do Face Masks Violate Evangelical Anti-Modesty Standards for Men?
It’s funny how twitter feeds can prompt certain connections—connections that might not otherwise have been made. Let me give you an example. Yesterday, this tweet popped up in my twitter feed:...
View Article“What kind of man wants to have sex with his mother?”
In modern America, wives are expected to be managers. Unpaid managers. Wives are expected to keep track of their family's social schedule, to keep track of what errands need to be done to keep the...
View ArticleA Patriarchal Blogger, Nakedness, and the Goddess Hera
I Peter 3:3 does not say don't put clothes on. It says don't put sexy clothes on. It's funny, because that seems like the kind of thing that's right up Lori's alley. In her eagerness to argue that the...
View ArticleJerry Falwell Jr. and the Evangelical Playbook for Wealthy Well-Connected...
Jerry Falwell Jr. was in a position of power because of nepotism, and nepotism alone. He showed no particular talent for organizing, for leading, or for religion. But it did not matter. He was given...
View ArticleManly Men of the Bible
Biblical manhood, to many evangelicals, means not what men actually did in the Bible (a la David), but rather a cobbling together of various Bible verses to create something that looks less like a...
View ArticleEvangelicals Don’t Do Opposite-Gender Friendships (Here’s Why)
If you spend much time reading evangelical literature---and I have---you'll find that evangelicals cannot talk about the marital relationship without talking about power. If the husband is not leading...
View ArticleWhat do evangelicals and Nazis have in common?
If your imagery and messaging can be turned into Nazi imagery and messaging by tweaking only a few words, you may want to think again about your imagery and messaging. Because that's not just not...
View ArticleLindsey Graham: There Is Only a Place for Women Who Follow Traditional Family...
Anyone claiming that conservatives can't be sexist because they appointed a woman to the Supreme Court needs to be reminded that conservatives generally believe that women must submit to and obey their...
View ArticleThe “Man Code”
Um. You guys. This happened. A man does not release a private conversation he has with anyone. That’s part of being a man. Democrat, Republican, Trump, anti-Trump, none of that matters. You don’t...
View Article“So Your Problem with Christianity is the Jesus Parts?”
I'll stop now, but again, I'm trying to figure out what Bible Kelly is reading, because it's definitely not the regular one. The vast vast majority of men in the Bible were manifestly not warriors.
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