What If Being the “Empowered Wife” Is Empowering His Addiction?
A Catholic Critique of Laura Doyle’s Advice for Wives of Pornography-Addicted Men Would you like to learn more about what empowerment and real intimacy actually entails for Catholics when sexual addiction is present in a marriage? Download your “What Would Laura Doyle’s Six Intimacy Skills Look Like If They Were Actually Catholic?” worksheet. A Different Kind of Critique There are already important critiques of Laura Doyle’s The Empowered Wife addressing what her teachings can do to women and to unhealthy marriages. Most recently, the team at Bare Marriage published an extensive review examining those concerns. I strongly encourage readers to read their review of "The Empowered Wife" and watch their in-depth video review. I don’t want to duplicate that work. I want to ask a different question: What can Laura Doyle’s advice do to an addicted husband? That question becomes particularly urgent when pornography or sexual addiction is present. My concern is not simply that Do...
