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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Also, I don't get why people think that strict Christians are more likely to have this happen.[/quote]

Its the misogyny that enables it. The repression may make the males more likely to commit this but its the messaging about unquestionable male dominance and women existing to serve and obey men that creates the real danger.

Quiverfull prescribes extreme patriarchy. A women has no rights. She can not say no. She is must obey her father, husband and male relatives. She is seen as the temptress. If an abuser is present, she has been conditioned that she must submit to his authority and the fault lies with her for tempting him into the situation. [/quote]

I see some parallels between Quiverfull and Roman Catholicism.  I'm a former Catholic DD raised by a traditional, preVaticanII, Jesuit-educated father. In my childhood, there was very much a patriarchal , misogynistic attitude that if you had a concern or a problem of most any kind, you needed to go to Confession and /or talk things over with a priest.  The priest would absolve you of your sins or proffer advice and wisdom and you'd best take heed.  Not a lot of room for questioning or intellectual discourse or nuances.  I was always loathe to give anyone that much authority, but most especially a Catholic priest.  Not my dad and others of his age; the priest is the moral compass.[/quote]

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