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2.5 AVERAGE
2.5 AVERAGE
Partly it sounds like satire. I feel for this woman's family - how unhappy a life like this must be for everybody, not just the women.
Not helpful for any mentally sane person.
Not helpful for any mentally sane person.
Most of the reviews on this book are pretty ridiculous and probably these women do not read the word or understand it, unfortunately. This was an incredible book and while there are a small handful of things I disagree with in here she is writing based on the word and what God says to us about submission. I really enjoyed her teachings and learning about her transformation.
This book is a misogynistic piece of trash. Writing was terrible and it is a horrible book all in all. Don't read this book unless you want to be taken back to BCE era.
LADIES, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR HUSBAND. YOU SHOULD GO TO COLLEGE WHEN YOU WANT. AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE KIDS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
LADIES, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE SUBMISSIVE TO YOUR HUSBAND. YOU SHOULD GO TO COLLEGE WHEN YOU WANT. AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE KIDS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
WTF is wrong with this woman?
From her blog:
"Do you know how much more attractive debt-free virgins (without tattoos) are to young men? Unfortunately, there are so few of these types of young women anymore because of the high costs of college (debt) and sexual promiscuity even within those in the church. As believers in Jesus Christ, we need to live in a way that is pleasing to Him because His ways are the best. He calls debt a burden and urges us to live lives of sexual purity."
Ugh. Disgusting.
This kind of Christianity makes me want to vomit.
From her blog:
"Do you know how much more attractive debt-free virgins (without tattoos) are to young men? Unfortunately, there are so few of these types of young women anymore because of the high costs of college (debt) and sexual promiscuity even within those in the church. As believers in Jesus Christ, we need to live in a way that is pleasing to Him because His ways are the best. He calls debt a burden and urges us to live lives of sexual purity."
Ugh. Disgusting.
This kind of Christianity makes me want to vomit.
I became acquainted with the "work" of Lori Alexander when I went down the rabbit hole of the internet and found her on Facebook. I have been following her for awhile in the way a person watches a train wreck. I even tried to bring some common sense to the proceedings but was promptly banned for challenging her half-baked ideas. So today out of morbid curiosity I bought the book to see if I could understand the genesis of her crackpot ideology.
Lori Alexander is a control freak who made her husband miserable for 20 years. Then she read an even worse book by Debi Pearl than the one she foisted on us here and decided that instead of controlling her husband and being a brat she would become an expert at teaching women how to be doormats. The only thing that would be less desirable is a book by the Duggars on healthy family boundaries.
She believes she is a a teacher to women but really she just exploits them online feeding them nonsense and blaming them for every misfortune that happens to them without a shred of empathy or human decency. She gives medical advice and mental health advice with absolutely no training and she lets men harass women freely. I guess its so they can see what a gem they can get if they follow her advice. If you check out her blog or Facebook it is literally the best advertisement to NEVER follow her advice and run from any man who thinks she is someone to aspire to. This book is so bad that I would rather a woman read 50 Shades of Grey for relationship advice but honestly I think Christian Gray would love her. I mean who needs a man who gaslights when you have Lori to do it on his behalf!
The first part describes how much of a nightmare she was the first 25 YEARS of her relationship and how she nagged, manipulated, lied and tricked her husband. Whether she was poking a hole in her diaphragm, haranguing her husband about what he ate or just being a total pill starting fights with him she was a pretty bad wife. Then she read this book from the above mentioned Pearl and believes she transformed into a better wife through God. She became the ideal wife. Presto chango. Now according to her she is selfless, submissive and the mom on Father Knows Best can eat her dust.
But here's the secret. She hasn't really changed at all. She says that she took accountability for herself and stopped blaming her husband for everything. She states she gave up her need to control and was able to let go and let Jesus take the wheel. But it's not true. She just put off all her issues onto all women. She thinks women need her to tell them to treat a man with respect and make him feel wanted. Thank God Lori is here to tell me men like sex and enjoy having it. Do I really need a woman who would stoop so low as to poke a hole in her diaphragm teach me how to be a good wife? Probably as much as I need Gwyneth Paltrow to give me steam cleaning tips.
She still needs people to control but instead of her husband it's all the women who have such low self-esteem they follow her like some kind of guru. It is truly disturbing to see these women compete in groveling, martyrdom and lack of self-preservation skills like it is some kind of Olympic sport where God is going to be handing out medals. She has no concern for the welfare of the women who follow her letting the men who follow her page harass, degrade and abuse the women on her Facebook page. It's really sad and she bans any woman who dare take up for those women and stand up to those bullies because usually those women make far more sense than she does.
So stay far, far way from this book if you value yourself as a woman, want a healthy relationship based on respect and want a realistic guide on what it means to be a Christian woman. You are far better off with the work of women like Rachel Held Evans, Sara Bessey and Nadia Bolz Webber. Hell....you would be better off with Stephanie Meyers because this woman makes Bella look empowering. Thankfully, Amazon has a great return policy.
Lori Alexander is a control freak who made her husband miserable for 20 years. Then she read an even worse book by Debi Pearl than the one she foisted on us here and decided that instead of controlling her husband and being a brat she would become an expert at teaching women how to be doormats. The only thing that would be less desirable is a book by the Duggars on healthy family boundaries.
She believes she is a a teacher to women but really she just exploits them online feeding them nonsense and blaming them for every misfortune that happens to them without a shred of empathy or human decency. She gives medical advice and mental health advice with absolutely no training and she lets men harass women freely. I guess its so they can see what a gem they can get if they follow her advice. If you check out her blog or Facebook it is literally the best advertisement to NEVER follow her advice and run from any man who thinks she is someone to aspire to. This book is so bad that I would rather a woman read 50 Shades of Grey for relationship advice but honestly I think Christian Gray would love her. I mean who needs a man who gaslights when you have Lori to do it on his behalf!
The first part describes how much of a nightmare she was the first 25 YEARS of her relationship and how she nagged, manipulated, lied and tricked her husband. Whether she was poking a hole in her diaphragm, haranguing her husband about what he ate or just being a total pill starting fights with him she was a pretty bad wife. Then she read this book from the above mentioned Pearl and believes she transformed into a better wife through God. She became the ideal wife. Presto chango. Now according to her she is selfless, submissive and the mom on Father Knows Best can eat her dust.
But here's the secret. She hasn't really changed at all. She says that she took accountability for herself and stopped blaming her husband for everything. She states she gave up her need to control and was able to let go and let Jesus take the wheel. But it's not true. She just put off all her issues onto all women. She thinks women need her to tell them to treat a man with respect and make him feel wanted. Thank God Lori is here to tell me men like sex and enjoy having it. Do I really need a woman who would stoop so low as to poke a hole in her diaphragm teach me how to be a good wife? Probably as much as I need Gwyneth Paltrow to give me steam cleaning tips.
She still needs people to control but instead of her husband it's all the women who have such low self-esteem they follow her like some kind of guru. It is truly disturbing to see these women compete in groveling, martyrdom and lack of self-preservation skills like it is some kind of Olympic sport where God is going to be handing out medals. She has no concern for the welfare of the women who follow her letting the men who follow her page harass, degrade and abuse the women on her Facebook page. It's really sad and she bans any woman who dare take up for those women and stand up to those bullies because usually those women make far more sense than she does.
So stay far, far way from this book if you value yourself as a woman, want a healthy relationship based on respect and want a realistic guide on what it means to be a Christian woman. You are far better off with the work of women like Rachel Held Evans, Sara Bessey and Nadia Bolz Webber. Hell....you would be better off with Stephanie Meyers because this woman makes Bella look empowering. Thankfully, Amazon has a great return policy.