Our work as relationship therapists invites couples to consider the variety of ways that their relationship could look, based on the values, traits, and preferences of the people in that relationship. Plenty of couples choose monogamy because it best aligns with these characteristics. However, performative monogamy refers to cultural aspects that reinforce explicit and implicit expectations of sexual exclusivity.    On that note, we're talking this week about the performativity of weddings. Evangelical weddings take this a step further as the marriage and wedding ceremony represent the socially sanctioned way for two people to become sexual persons.   We're joined by our marketing and communications director, Maddie, for this episode. The three of us talk about:

• Weddings as a status symbol
• The quirks of Evangelical wedding
• KitchenAid Mixers and other ways that society rewards those who get married
• Giving away the bride and patriarchy
• The cringey practices of weddings, like morning after breakfasts and garters.
• Surviving weddings

Check out Episode #75: Summer Series...Taking a Break from the Performativity of Weddings on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.   Show notes and transcript are on the Sexvangelicals website.