These evangelical men saved sex for marriage – they weren’t well prepared | Sex | The Guardian

Scores of Christian men have been raised on ideas of abstinence and 'purity' – what does that mean for their sex lives later on?…

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/17/evangelical-sex-marriage 

 

The WEIRD Reason The Catholic Church Wants To Control Your Sex Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBRi1IcWP48

Trump Pentagon nominee endorses extremist Christian doctrine

In the recordings, Hegeth rails against "cultural Marxism", feminism, "critical race theory", and even democracy itself, which he says "our founders blatantly rejected as being completely dangerous"…

Elsewhere in the recordings, Hegseth expresses agreement with the principle of sphere sovereignty, which, in CR doctrine, envisions a subordination of "civil government" to Old Testament law, capital punishment for infringements of that law such as homosexuality, and rigidly patriarchal families and …

Controversies have arisen from his apparent defense of slavery…

Wilson's teachings include that "wives need to be led with a firm hand", that "Christians do not set aside the death penalty for homosexual sin", that "all the nations of man are to be brought into submission to Christ", and that in a Christian nation, non-Christian religions would be banned from the public square.

In a discussion of sexuality, Wilson once wrote: "The sexual act cannot be made into an egalitarian pleasuring party", adding: "A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts."…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/24/trump-pete-hegseth-extremism

  

An X-Rated Book: Sex & Obscenity In the Bible — Freedom From Religion Foundation

"Let us introduce you to parts of the Holy Bible which you have not heard about in sermons from the pulpit, that may shock and dismay you and should certainly convince you that the bible ought to be X-rated. Below you will find a pornographic view of sex and women, lewdness, depravity and sexual violence often ordered or countenanced by the biblical deity. Don't take our word for it-look it up for yourself…"

https://ffrf.org/other-2/x-rated/

It’s in the Code Ep 127: “The Purpose of Sex (Part 3)?” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) (It's in the Code, Episode #127)

In this episode, Dan takes on the “design argument” that the purpose of human sex is procreation. 

Here’s how the argument goes: If God created human beings, and therefore human sexuality, this means that the purpose of sex is procreation, because this is God’s intended purpose. 

But does the argument work? 

Dan argues that even if we presuppose human beings and their sexuality as a direct creation of God, the idea that the purpose of sex is procreation is STILL not compelling. 

Human sexuality is so ineffective at bringing about procreation that it is implausible to suggest that this is its “design.” Check out this week’s episode to hear more!

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-127-the-purpose-of-sex-part-3/

“Sexual Immorality” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast) (It’s in the Code Ep 123)

The concept of “sexual immorality” plays a HUGE role within the world of high-control American Christianity. 

But if we take a closer look, we find that it’s not clear what exactly “sexual immorality” even is. 

And if we think about it, those outside of high-control religious contexts don’t link issues of sexuality and gender together with “immorality” or “morality” is the ways that are typical of high-control religion. Why is that? 

What’s really going on when adherents of high-control Christianity appeal to “sexual immorality”? Listen to this week’s episode to hear what Dan has to say about these questions and more.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-123-sexual-immorality/

“The Purpose of Sex (Part 1)?” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast; It's in the Code, Episode #1250)

"The purpose of sex is procreation."

This assertion has been a dominant Christian position for centuries, and plays a central role in the ideologies of sex, sexuality, and gender within contemporary high-control American religion. 

But is it actually plausible? 

In this episode, Dan argues that if we think about how we actually talk about and experience sex and sexuality, and if we consider the natural sexual and gender diversity of the human population, it simply doesn't make sense to define the procreation as the "purpose" of sex. Listen to this week's episode to hear more!

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-125-the-purpose-of-sex-part-1/

Documents with damaging Gaetz testimony accessed in apparent breach - The Washington Post

Florida attorney Joel Leppard said in an interview with The Washington Post last weekend that one of his clients witnessed Gaetz having sex with the minor at a drug-fueled party in July 2017 — and that Gaetz was unaware of her age at the time but subsequently was told she was underage. This woman and a second woman, also represented by Leppard, testified that they were paid by Gaetz to have sex with him and other individuals who attended these "sex parties." They were paid through Venmo or other conduits — including the PayPal of Nestor Galban, whom Gaetz has referred to as his "adopted son."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/19/gaetz-investigation-hack-evidence-senators/

“Guarding Virtue: Female Sexuality” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast; It’s in the Code Ep 122)

This episode continues our deep dive into understanding sex and sexuality within conservative, high control American Christianity. This week we look at women’s sexuality. 

Within this world, how is women’s sexuality understood? What are its unique features? How does it differ from, and complement, men’s sexuality? And what are the unique burdens and dangers that these understandings place on women? 

Listen to find out what Dan has to say about these topics and more in this week’s episode.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-122-guarding-virtue-female-sexuality/

Woman testified to House Ethics Committee that Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17: Sources - ABC News

Trump tapped Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz to be the new attorney general...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/woman-testified-house-ethics-committee-gaetz-sex-17/story

It’s in the Code Ep 120: “They Can’t Get Enough” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

High-control Christian communities in America are critical of “secular” society for being sex-obsessed and for creating a culture of lust. And yet, these communities are actually obsessed with issues related to sex, sexuality, and gender. From before people within those communities enter adolescence, all the way through their adult lives, they will be inundated with teachings about these issues. 

Stated simply, conservative Christians in American simply can’t get enough of talking and thinking about sex. But why? Dan explores this issue in this first episode of a multi-episode series—listen in and check it out!

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-120-they-cant-get-enough/

“They Can’t Get Enough” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast; It’s in the Code Ep 120)

High-control Christian communities in America are critical of “secular” society for being sex-obsessed and for creating a culture of lust. And yet, these communities are actually obsessed with issues related to sex, sexuality, and gender. From before people within those communities enter adolescence, all the way through their adult lives, they will be inundated with teachings about these issues. 

Stated simply, conservative Christians in American simply can’t get enough of talking and thinking about sex. But why? Dan explores this issue in this first episode of a multi-episode series—listen in and check it out!

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-120-they-cant-get-enough/

“No Purpose to Sex” (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus -- It's in the Code podcast #108 )

How does a naturalistic, evolutionary understanding of human sex undermine the claim that the purpose of sex is procreation? How does it challenge claims about the meaning of sex based in creationist or natural law thinking? What fallacies are involved in the claim that the “purpose” of sex is procreation? Dan tackles these issues in this week’s episode.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/its-in-the-code-ep-109-no-purpose-to-sex/

Meet the Sexvangelicals (w/Julia Postema & Jeremiah Gibson) (Conspirituality podcast #218)

You’re an eight year-old girl. The purity culture of your evangelical church, ruled by men but policed by women, has you worried that the spaghetti straps on your summer top might be sinful. You learn from the women around you how to defer, serve, please, keep your voice girl-like forever, and use it to both signal obedience but also piously request relief from sexual aggression.

You’re a seven year-old boy. The holy laws of gender in your church dictate that when you’re the only male present at Bible study, you must lead the room full of women in reading and prayer. You must perform manliness in your boy’s body, assuming an anxious leadership role you did not earn. If you don’t puff yourself up, you’re a sissy—one of the girls alongside you learning the tones of the Fundie Baby Voice.

These are parts of the stories of Julia Postema and Jeremiah Gibson, the co-hosts of the podcast Sexvangelicals: The Sex Education the Church Didn't Want You to Have. They are Boston-based licensed psychotherapists and certified sex therapists. They specialize in helping couples with negative religious backgrounds discover sexuality that works for their partnership. Julian and I sat down with them to learn about how their clients recover from purity culture, and sometimes in the process run smack into its mirror world: the tantric workshop land of divine masculine and feminine stereotypes plus fascinations with semen retention.
Interview:

https://www.conspirituality.net/episodes/218-meet-the-sexvangelicals

These Guys Are Just Weird

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP5Gx18D4-c

Donald Trump Accuses JD Vance's Couch of Lying (satire)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjbw5sa0p5o

Opinion | Less Marriage, Less Sex, Less Agreement - The New York Times

The upshot, polling suggests, is that men are becoming grumpier and more resentful of women's success, and more drawn to conservative authoritarian populists, from Donald Trump to misogynist internet personalities like Andrew Tate. 

The Glocalities survey concluded that around the world the "radical right increasingly finds fertile ground among young men, which is already impacting elections." Representative Matt Gaetz suggested that it doesn't matter if Republicans antagonize female voters because they can be replaced by male voters...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/marriage-sex-gender-divide.html

What is ‘sex’? What is ‘gender’? How these terms changed and why states now want to define them - PolitiFact

Although they're sometimes used synonymously, "sex" and "gender" have different meanings to medical professionals. Sex traditionally refers to one's biological characteristics, whereas gender is how a person identifies…

https://www.politifact.com/article/2024/mar/22/what-is-sex-what-is-gender-how-these-terms-changed/

Judge Blocks Iowa’s Ban on School Library Books That Depict Sex Acts - The New York Times

Authors and activists said the Republican-backed law infringed on free speech. The judge said the ban imposed a "puritanical 'pall of orthodoxy' over school libraries."..

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/29/us/iowa-book-ban-blocked.html

Biological sex is far from binary − this college course examines the science of sex diversity in people, fungi and across the animal kingdom

Biological sex comes in many more forms than just male or female…

https://theconversation.com/biological-sex-is-far-from-binary-this-college-course-examines-the-science-of-sex-diversity-in-people-fungi-and-across-the-animal-kingdom-214690