An Environment Where Abuse Thrives

(Recap of Ep 2 Shiny Happy People)

TW: religious abuse, sexual abuse, family cover-up of abuse, emotional neglect, psychological abuse, physical abuse (and violent punishment of children), intimate partner abuse.

In this episode we talk about Bill Gothard’s teachings, women's gender roles, and parenting ideals that create environments where abuse could occur with impunity.

This is the second of a four-episode series called Too Many Cults, where Lindsay and Krispin (from the Prophetic Imagination Station) recap the docuseries Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets (Amazon Prime)

Here are this Episode's topics:

0:00 Introduction, overview of episode, discussion of why traumatized people can be drawn to fundamentalism

9:45 homeschooling

22:10 subjugation of women; abuse of girls & women, purity culture, gender roles

30:00 child abuse; the discipline of children

47:30 sexual abuse

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