The basic message of Wife School, drawn from white evangelical Christianity, to women: Obey, please him, put him first, make him comfortable, submit to him in every respect, try to look pretty and make the home pretty: then you'll have the perfect marriage.

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"The proof of concept is their domestic bliss, they say: Dillehay has a satisfied husband, picture-perfect family and a living room that looks straight out of Pottery Barn catalogue. ...

Much of what they say is that every problem in a modern Christian marriage is the woman’s fault."

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Alaina Demopoulos reports on Wife School, a video masterclass led by Tilly Dillehay, and on other web sites similar to Wife School:

"Wife School is part of a cottage industry of affable Christian women selling online courses to their compatriots promising connubial joy, with a generous helping of Bible passages and anecdotes from their own enviable relationships."

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/apr/28/wife-school-christian-women-submissive

‘A husband expects a yes’: how wife schools are shaping submissive Christian women

A cottage industry of women are selling courses aligned with a conservative movement that claims feminism is the source of women’s discontent

The Guardian