Delia Gould

In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ the Woman Alive panel answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us a confidential email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we tackle the taboo topic of sex toys. Source: Dainis Graveris / Pexels Hi Woman Alive, I wanted to know what is the Christian view of sex toys, for example vibrators? Sex toys are promoted as the norm by women’s secular magazines.

Bobbi Kumari encourages us to be confident in the way we have been made as women, and to embrace our gender roles I believe God wants us to be completely comfortable as sexual beings. If we are not at ease with our sexuality and do not have a healthy perspective of it when we are single, then we are unlikely to fully embrace our sexuality if we get married. To begin with, as singles I believe that God wants us to be completely confident in our God-fashioned gender role.

Lauren Windle asks if love at first sight really exists and if so, is it biblical? According to research by dua.com, the UK ranks sixth among 46 European countries when it comes to believing in love at first sight. Even our romantic neighbours across the channel aren’t as optimistic about initial reactions as France ended up 28th in the study. When it comes to love at first sight, I feel certain that it doesn’t exist.