Should Wives Withhold Sex as Punishment?

The stars of TLC’s reality show, “The Sisterhood,” have caught lots of flak for their edgy and controversial portrayal of contemporary Christian first ladies. The stars of the show discuss everything from sex to financial issues, church controversy to past drug use. Nothing really seems out of bounds for the women that stand beside their husbands in ministry.

On a recent episode, Pastor Tara Lewis, the certified trainer and founder of MomFit, confided in two of her co-stars about a hot-button issue. “A friend of mine just found out her husband was watching pornography,” said Tara. “My suggestion to her is, in terms of our love making…that should be shut down” as a way of making him realize “he could lose his family and his marriage. That’s my point.”

In other words, according to Pastor Tara, if the husband shows out by violating the marriage with the introduction of porn, the wife should refuse to put out.

But this “solution” didn’t sit well with the other two women who were listening. Particularly, Domonique Scott, one of the more outspoken stars of The Sisterhood, disagreed with Tara’s perspective. “Go back and tell her, baby don’t hold back,” she responded. “Give him more [sex] if anything. Distract him then. Do a flip and a cartwheel-whatever you gotta do to get your man.”

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