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b"Is there poison in your home?\\n\\nNo, I don\\u2019t mean rat poison or toxic chemicals or asbestos. It\\u2019s words. On pages. In a book. One that\\u2019s given as a wedding gift. When times are tough. When you\\u2019re desperate. When you\\u2019ve run out of ideas and options to help your marriage and somebody gives you 336 pages of \\u201chope.\\u201d\\n\\nThe poison is the answer ringing from every page of this book. You were, as Debi Pearl puts it, \\u201cCreated to Be His Help Meet.\\u201d And lots of women have gulped it down, me included. \\n\\nSounds nice, doesn\\u2019t it? Sweet. Simple. Godly. \\n\\nBecause double standards and coercive control and whitewashed tombs are biblical, right? \\n\\nIn this interview with Chelsea Wells, she and I discuss the poisonous messages of Debi Pearl\\u2019s book before we toss them in the shredder.\\n\\nThe summary we recover-y:\\n\\n- Women are responsible for their husband\\u2019s bad behavior. Period.\\n- Husbands have the authority to tell wives what to wear, where to go, whom to talk to, and how to spend her time.\\n- Wives shouldn\\u2019t have close friends\\u2013only their husbands.\\n- Women should submit to their husband when he\\u2019s a sex addict, adulterer, physically abusive, or refuses to work.\\n- Husbands have tiebreaker power in every situation.\\n- Wives have no rights in marriage.\\n- Your looks and how your family appears to the world matter much more than your health or safety or life.\\n- Women who want equality are bra-burning heathens who want to take over the world.\\n- The pi\\xe8ce de r\\xe9sistance: Single moms are the worst (it\\u2019s the haircuts and the tiredness).\\n\\nListen or download the transcript at flyingfreenow.com/184\\n\\nFREE: I'll send you the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Just hop on my mailing list at flyingfreesisterhood.com/free-download. (I will NEVER spam you or sell your information.)\\n\\nDesperate for real help and safe people who understand what you're going through? Find out about my online education and support program for women of faith at joinflyingfree.com\\n\\nAnd, if you are an already divorced Christian woman who wants to take back her life and get healthy, have amazing relationships, build a business or career, or even find a good man - check out joinflyinghigher.com"