Me neither. Not really. I am however utterly disgusted, horrified, & enraged. Not just about the assault but the hypocrisy of Jim Bob, Josh, & Michelle.
Their religious teachings instruct that victims are at least partly if not equally or more responsible for the assaults against them. Google Gothard, Basic Life Principles, and sexual abuse and you’ll probably find some pretty messed up shit. Just look at the way the mother talks about “modest dress” and girls’…
They’re parents in technical terms only. The oldest girls raised their younger siblings – Michelle calls it a buddy system, but she wasn’t the one getting up with the babies in the middle of the night. On camera, she and the younger kids are so uncomfortable interacting with each other that I get the impression it’s…
Yup! I remember when Elizabeth Smart was rescued, she said years later she never escaped when she could’ve because she had been raped repeatedly, and she thought her family wouldn’t love her anymore because she wasn’t a virgin. Typical family teaching abstinence and ~waiting for marriage.
The thing that has always bothered me about the Duggars is not how many children they have, or how their religion affects their family size, but the fact that I don’t think they are very good parents in general. People always scoff at that opinion because how can you be a bad parent when you have so many kids?!!?!
This probably won’t be a popular opinion, but I think a big part of the problem in uber-conservative Christian homes is that they don’t teach sex ed, and any sexual anything is bad before marriage.
“Jim Bob Duggar waited more than a year after his son, Josh confessed to sexually molesting several female minors before contacting police.”
The Duggar’s cult leader Bill Gothard has a nasty habit of fondling underage girls himself. And it’s all the girls fault of course!
Do you think it has anything to do with why Janna hasn’t been married despite being older than her other married sisters?
I wondered if the girls in question included one or more of his sisters. And then whether they were urged to turn the other cheek. And then I got sad.
Jill Lepore, ranked #1 in the United States for building arguments so clear as to require no scaffolding whatsoever,…
The first rule for defense lawyers in debt collection cases is “Your retainer is the only money you’ll ever get.”
The weirdest (and creepiest) part of the story is that he and his girlfriend did IVF to ensure that their twins would be girls. Creator of the Girls Gone Wild exploitation of drunk teenage girls franchise went through considerable expense to get daughters. Barf.
The MOST adorable.
Like eventually they fall in love and get married or whatever because romance, but it starts out as honest to god non-con.
I will take this opportunity to shamelessly start a MY DRESS thread:
That's why I went with an evening gown from Neiman Marcus. Seriously guys, consider going to an upscale department store where they also have fitting attendants but actually let you take pictures! Plus, they're significantly cheaper. I got my dress for $500 and it only needed to be hemmed.
I bought my dress off Etsy about 5 years ago not with the intention of it being my wedding dress bc I was totally against marriage at that point but bc I had to have it. 50's vintage and incredible. Now that I am not dead set against marriage it may serve an actual purpose that is not just to fill my vintage obsession.