{"product_id":"can-never-say-no-digital-cartoon","title":"Can Never Say No Digital Cartoon","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut You Can Never Say No\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI hope this isn’t too triggering for some of you. But I bet it might be because this theology is so prevalent in the church. It is in society too where men just think it is their right to take a woman’s body. Religion takes this patriarchal, male-dominant idea to a whole new level by weaponizing scripture, theology, and spiritual authority to govern and afflict women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis man is in for an important lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd it is this:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis woman has autonomy over her body, she knows it, and she won’t surrender it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI’ll be honest with you guys. I grew up with this theology that our bodies are not our own. But the thing is, I never saw this… ever… in all my decades in the church and in the ministry… I never saw this used against men. It was always used against women.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBasically, it is used to pressure and even force wives to have sex when they didn’t want to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAnd we all know what sex without consent is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI learned this lesson very early in our marriage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut the lesson wasn’t I had to resentfully wait until Lisa wanted it. It’s deeper and more important than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWhat I learned was there is context that we both need to work on. Context like trust, vulnerability, health, mood, communication, connection, intimacy, flirting and wooing, knowledge, practice, experimenting, learning, discovering. All that and more!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eSure, there were plenty of what we called quickies. But they too happened against the backdrop of love and all the context I mentioned above.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eNever a demand. Never a requirement. Never nonconsensual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDrawn together by love and desire is where it’s at.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis takes work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eMy observation: Too many men aren’t willing to do the work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBut like most good work, it bears good fruit, and fruit that will last.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI know!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"nakedpastor","offers":[{"title":"Personal","offer_id":67711695094067,"sku":"ilv1792007544013","price":12.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Non-profit","offer_id":67711695126835,"sku":"cxm1792007544014","price":15.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Profit","offer_id":67711695159603,"sku":"bbw1792007544015","price":47.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0989\/6696\/2483\/files\/can-never-say-no-digital-cartoon_1.jpg?v=1792007549","url":"https:\/\/madrasplaidclad.shop\/products\/can-never-say-no-digital-cartoon","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}