166 reviews for:

She Deserves Better: Raising Girls to Resist Toxic Teachings on Sex, Self, and Speaking Up

Rebecca Gregoire Lindenbach, Sheila Wray Gregoire, Joanna Sawatsky

4.56 AVERAGE

ceodell25's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

rachelmcg2004's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Lesbophobia, Abandonment

Minor: Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Acephobia/Arophobia, Pregnancy, Classism

Please note that none of the content warnings are condoned in this book, in fact they are all actively fought against. This is an empowering book designed to uplift and heal women who have been subjugated in a church environment.

kristin_cello's review

2.5

emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

passionfordeadleaves's review

4.75

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

erica_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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This book deserves a standing ovation. 

mrswhiteinthelibrary's review

4.0

challenging emotional hopeful informative sad medium-paced

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While this book is explicitly aimed at moms of daughters who are trying to navigate evangelical messaging and avoid the pitfalls and trauma that purity culture wrecked on them, I found it very valuable, even though I only have sons. In fact in some ways, I think "boy moms" and indeed, dads, would benefit from hearing all the ways purity culture fucked up and how the girls, and the women in their life, deserve better, and how proper theology upholds this. Undoing toxic religious messaging is hard. It's so much easier to never teach it in the first place.

kbcollinskai's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective fast-paced

sonora_jean's review against another edition

5.0

hopeful informative medium-paced

janellee825's review

5.0

informative medium-paced

bookowl88's review

5.0

challenging informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

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I borrowed this one from the Libby Library and ended up loving it enough to purchase a copy of my own.  This book touches on topics that I have an intense passion for which is that a woman is just as valuable and her voice matters just as much as anyone else’s.  What this book does is challenge the unhealthy and problematic teachings that are prevalent in many churches which serve to reduce a woman’s value and her voice.  Recognizing and prioritizing emotional and mental health, understanding that having boundaries is good for you and standing up for yourself are all important ways to keep our girls safe and healthy.  In addition they talk about the importance of providing our kids with sex education and teaching them about consent.  I could go on and on about this book but those were some of my biggest takeaways!  Loved it!