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The Ex-Seventh Day Adventist and Sexuality Episode
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- They Talk Sex
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- Mar 31, 2026
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- 3180
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Summary
Our guest grew up in a fundamentalist Seventh Day Adventist church and led a life of rebellion after she left it. High powered jobs and risky hookups shaped Melissa Duge Spiers before she learned that her father was a serial child predator shielded from the church, and thus began another stage in her reconstruction of self. Let’s talk about her memoir; called “Holy Disobedience - Sex, Sin, and Secrets in the Biggest Church No One Knows”. 2:00 leaving the church 4:00 leaning into the violent things 7:00 family predators and patterns 9:00 what is a “mass tort”? 13:00 how SDA primed her for abusive relationships 16:00 humor about sexual assault 20:00 a book event in Portland? 25:00 how to deal with social isolation 30:00 how to handle sex-repulsion feelings 34:00 opposition to her 37:00 “Adventist Risk Management” 40:00 abusing a weiner dog! James Dobson 44:00 SDA vs Catholics 47:00 who owns the eatery? 50:00 atheism today and sex tips FIND YOUR GUEST: TT & IG @the.glory.whole & @melissadugespiers_writer FIND YOUR HOST: stripperwriter.com See Elle’s $1 Behind-The-Scenes at Patreon.com/strangebedfellows This episode was sponsored by our friends at Nethe rlandsWax.com Co ndomania.com - THEYTALKSEX for a discounted first order! and Love-Blanket.com - 10% OFF with code THEYTALKSEX Please rate and review this podcast :)