The Importance of Being Married

David Bianculli: The idea that the first line of defense for an abuser is his spouse is absurd. He says there was a real emphasis on women as safeguarding the virtue of the man in 80s and 90s purity culture. In many ways, what Bill Gothard was, was kind of a clearing house for a lot of evangelical ideas at the time, BiancullI writes.

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