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Watching this was so infuriating! 🚨POSSIBLE SPOILERS🚨 (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago OP
So, they continue, because...religion. mwmisses4289 13 hrs ago #1
And in many instances adult women are complicit in aiding and abetting the abuse. Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #2
All the children are groomed from birth to yield unquestioningly to authority of males, esp. "prophets", and Timeflyer 13 hrs ago #3
In a nutshell! Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #4
Even the mother who turned. She is amazingly brave, but I never got the impression she turned because Scrivener7 13 hrs ago #5
I too picked up on that! Floyd R. Turbo 13 hrs ago #6

mwmisses4289

(4,311 posts)
1. So, they continue, because...religion.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:14 AM
13 hrs ago

And no one does anything because...religion.

Even today, all around the world, girls under the age of 18 are being forced into marriage and prostitution.

Why, men? Why do so many of you hate adult women so much?

Timeflyer

(3,763 posts)
3. All the children are groomed from birth to yield unquestioningly to authority of males, esp. "prophets", and
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:25 AM
13 hrs ago

kept isolated and fearful of the outside world. The consequence of defiance for women is loss of their immortal soul. Fear of hellfire/oblivion is drilled into them. Works pretty good until frontal lobes develop, or the old guy they're given to is just too gross.

Scrivener7

(59,684 posts)
5. Even the mother who turned. She is amazingly brave, but I never got the impression she turned because
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 09:31 AM
13 hrs ago

of his abuse of children and young women. She kept saying it was because he was a false prophet. Maybe in her mind one is a ramification of the other, but she never actually said it was because of his abuse.

And all the FLDS in Short Creek who think this guy is a sham think that way because they're still believing Warren Jeffs is the real prophet.

It really shows the power of indoctrination.

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