anon29537550:
The problem is not, IMHO, “religion,” but the strict, almost always patriarchal, authoritarian power structure to be found in these institutions.
Too true. While working on this response to an article about the Amish, the examples I found made it very clear that is why the abuse has continued for so long. Now it is spreading into other aspects of their community.
I was definitely taken aback by some of the justifications given in the article. In the past, news articles in PA tended to raise concerns about the Amish being victimized by outsiders when cases involving healthcare , traffic , or scams were reported. Then stories about illegal and unethical cases involving sexual assault , hate crimes , and animal cruelty cast those communities in a different light.
It was really chilling to read how easily some twist rules into a pretzel to serve their own en…
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