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Bare Marriage

Episode 288: Is Sex a Want or a Need?

Bare Marriage

Sheila Gregoire

Marriage, Social Sciences, Science, Relationships, Sex, Christianity, Wife, Religion & Spirituality, Mother, Society & Culture, Advice, Family

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Send us a text Is sex is a human need within marriage? Let's address the tension between those who see "need" language as potentially coercive and those who feel legitimate sexual desires shouldn't be shamed. Psychological research does classify sex as a human need, but the real issue is how couples can co-create a reality for a mutually satisfying sexual relationship. Rather than pressuring reluctant partners, couples should focus on building marriages where both people genuinely want and en...

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0:00.0

Is sex a need need or a want? And can Christians please, please, please stop misrepresenting research?

0:18.9

Hello, I am Sheilaiguerg from bearmarriage.com where we like to talk about healthy evidence-based biblical advice for your

0:24.2

sex life and your marriage. And I am joined by my daughter Rebecca Lyndonbach.

0:27.7

Hello, hello. And this is our second last podcast of the season. So we are going to be

0:33.9

joining you next week for a totally different kind of a podcast as we end off

0:38.9

this season. And in the month of June, I'm not on my blog. So I'm on social media quite a bit and you'll

0:44.0

have these podcasts. But in July, I'm taking off both the blog and the podcast to rejuvenate and

0:48.4

hopefully get the first draft of a book written. Now, you are still posting on Substack in June, right? Yes, I am. Thank you for mentioning

0:54.9

that. Because you keep on saying I'm not on the blog, but we do have like a whole blog post

0:59.3

coming out every week. Every week where I'm just rewriting some of my most popular posts and my

1:03.9

most influential ones from several years ago. So a lot of you who have only just joined me, have never seen them. And you, you telling yourselves a lot because often people

1:11.3

are like, Sheila, I just want you to write a summary post about obligation sex. And you're like,

1:16.6

I did. I did that. Five years ago. Yes, I did. I did. And so you can join my subtext. It's totally

1:21.9

free. It's just another way to keep in touch with me. And so you can find that link in the podcast notes. And of course,

1:27.5

Rebecca is still writing our Friday emails as well. And I will say it's a good problem to have when

1:32.1

there's just so much stuff out there that people find it hard to find it all. So I really hope that.

1:35.9

If you're someone who has joined on recently to the Bear Marriage podcast, or if you're someone who

1:41.2

you're like, I know I read something a while ago, but I can't remember it. Check out what's going on because you might find feeling fun. Yes. And we are glad that so many of

1:49.0

you have joined recently. I keep getting emails from people who say, I just found you a couple of

1:52.4

months ago. And that's always, that's always nice, especially people who like said, you're the

1:56.4

first voice that I've heard say these things. And it's really validating to me. So, you know, welcome, welcome to people who have been here for a couple of years and who have been present with my

2:04.1

whole journey, our whole journey. And just a special shout out and thank you to the people who

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