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Opinion
As a Christian mum of teenage boys I’m worried about the message OnlyFans influencer Bonnie Blue is giving to young men about women
While Bonnie Blue claims her content provides a better narrative for teenage boys than they would receive watching porn, Sally Hope suggests she’s not giving them anything different - or beneficial - at all.
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Are Christian women being good helpmates or are we all just ’mankeeping’?
‘Researchers suggest that a major issue with “mankeeping” is a lack of reciprocity - the burden it places on women’s time and well-being is not matched by a corresponding investment from men,’ says Ann-Louise Graham.
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I wrote a book on waiting on God for my husband….and this is what happened next
Kelsey Rygh took an honest and vulnerable look at her behaviour in relationships, and realised something that had stopped her finding her now fiance.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I feel like Bridget Jones at Christmas
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers someone who feels Christmas reminds her how unhappy she is in her single status.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I am single - what do I do with my sexual desires?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here Bobbi Kumari answers someone who wants to know how to manage her sex drive as a single person.
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I once seriously considered becoming a lap dancer but God later revealed to me the sacredness of my sexuality
Strip Club Chaplain Bobbi Kumari considers why, for many women, ‘the pull of the sex industry is more alluring and seductive than ever before.’
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: Fourteen years after marrying as a virgin, I have never had an orgasm
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, nurse and psychosexual therapist Emma Waring answers someone who needs help with sexual intimacy with her husband.
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Are unhappy marriages a myth?
Woman Alive’s deputy editor, Jemimah Wright, looks at the findings from a new survey from The Marriage Foundation.
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What it actually feels like to be single
Anna Fothergill gives a raw and honest account of what is feels like to be a single Christian woman, and gives some hope for those in the same position.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: Why do I feel doomed to unrequited love?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers someone who is tired of only experiencing unrequited love.
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Miranda Hart’s marriage news has a message of hope for single Christian women who want the same
With the launch of her memoir ‘I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest With You’, Miranda Hart reveals she got married in secret this summer. Jemimah Wright celebrates this announcement with some encouragement for others…
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'What Little House on the Prairie taught me about a godly attitude to sex and marriage'
’Raising a teen in these times seems almost impossible, but Laura Ingalls gives me a model of what true joy and contentment can look like,’ says Kate Orton.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: Is born again virginity possible?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we answer someone who wants to know what being a born again virgin means.
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God prepared me to meet my husband
Grace Ewin-Hill shares the story of meeting her husband, and the steps she took to stand in faith in the waiting.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I have put on weight, don’t feel attractive and lost confidence, how do I get out of this rut?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Dr Kathrine McAleese answers a reader who has lost confidence in themselves.
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There was polygamy in the Bible and now polyamory is on the rise among Millenials. What should Christians do?
Anna Fothergill considers the rising trend of the so-called ethical non-monogamy, and says, ’the shift away from Judeo-Christian values and subsequent breakdown in sexual ethics has now landed the average singleton in the position of forming an opinion on this topic.’
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I have fallen out of love with my husband, when is it ok to get a divorce?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we answer someone who wants to know when it is ok to get a divorce.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I want to marry a Christian man, but there are not many!
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Marcia Dixon answers a reader who wants to marry a Christian man, but wonders where to meet them.
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: How many dates does it take to know if there’s real potential?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we answer someone who wants to know if she should keep dating a guy she was set up with
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GREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I was dumped, and now I can’t move on
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here Dr Kathrine McAleese speaks to a woman who can’t get over a break-up.