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Emotional Incest: The Junior Wife
Libby Anne has begun a series on Emotional Incest at Love, Joy, Feminism. In her latest post, she also links Hugo Schwyzer’s striking analysis of the problems with the “Daddy’s Girl” myth and princess...
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Emotional Incest: The Mama’s Boy and the Other Woman
I have already written about the ways that growing up in fundamentalist-evangelical culture made me especially vulnerable to covert incest from my father. There is a flip side to the father-daughter...
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Emotional Incest: The Bottom Line
My last two posts, and indeed all my thinking on the subject has led me to some conclusions about the ways that Christian Patriarchy and purity culture enable and even celebrate emotional incest. The...
View ArticleLibby Anne: Christian Patriarchy and Bodily Ownership
(Note: This is cross-posted from Love, Joy, Feminism. The original is here.)By Libby AnneMy mother taught my sisters and I that our bodies belonged to our father. She told us that if we wanted to alter...
View ArticleLibby Anne: Raised Quiverfull Project
If you haven’t checked out Libby Anne’s “Raised Quiverfull” project yet, you’re missing out!Raised Quiverfull: Adult Children RespondThe project is ongoing. The Introduction, along with the sections on...
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Fast Cars and Misogyny: How Girls are Prevented from Learning “Masculine” Skills
This is not a paradox.I recently read Teach Your Children to Succeed by Putting Obstacles in Their Way by Eric Sentell on Role Reboot. The heart of Sentell’s essay is his story about a day from his...
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