Authoritarian Themes in Doug Wilson’s Rhetoric or Leadership
Posts examining concerns about authoritarian patterns in Wilson’s ministry, rhetoric, or theological claims about authority and submission.
Doug Wilson Says ‘Wives Need to be Led with a Firm Hand’
“...wives need to be led with a firm hand. A wife will often test her husband in some area, and be deeply disappointed (and frustrated) if she wins. It is crucial that a husband give to his wife what the Bible says she needs, rather than what she says she needs.” – Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says a Man ‘Conquers’ a Woman Through the ‘Sexual Act’
“In other words, however we try, the sexual act cannot be made into an egalitarian pleasuring party. A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts....True authority and true submission are therefore an erotic necessity.” – Doug Wilson
Doug Wilson Says If Your Wife ‘Continues to Rebel’ by Not Doing the ‘Dishes,’ ‘Call the Elders’ for a ‘Pastoral Visit’
“What course should a man pursue?....he should require something very simple, i.e., that the dishes be done after every meal before anything else is done....If she continues to rebel after patient effort, he should at some point call the elders of the church and ask them for a pastoral visit.” — Doug Wilson
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