April 7, 2008

So how many times have you read/heard about the polygamist sect down in Texas over the past couple of days? Too many?

I’m still scratching my head and wondering how, in this century, that kind of brainwashing is still around/accepted. This upsets and sickens me to no end. That weak-minded men feel the only way to dominate a woman is to hold her in captivity, belittle, demean, and isolated from anything that would be considered normal, i.e., the outside world.

CBS interviewed a woman, Laurie Allen, this morning who used to be part of one of those groups - she was born into it. Laurie said she ran away at 16, but returned because it was the only life she knew and couldn’t cope with the outside world. During her time in the sect, she married as a third wife, and became a baby machine to “further the agenda of the male patriarchy.”

Over the next few years, Laurie said she was in and out of the sect until finally, at 30, she broke free for good. She said it still took her another 20 years to transition to the outside world and find her own identify.Watch the following video of Laurie’s interview…

From early on, I’ve always been the one who controlled me, not my spouse/mate. During my first marriage, my husband at the time (”M”) came in one night, drunk off his ass, and obnoxious. I was in the kitchen cleaning up. M came up behind me and started getting in my face. I took the cast iron skillet I had in my hand and whacked him up side the head with it. I’m pretty sure I got my message across don’t mess with me. (He didn’t after that.)

Had a similar incident with my 2nd (”G”), too. He’d been warned not to ever push me in the corner - cause the outcome wouldn’t be pleasant (remember the skillet above?) Anyway, one day, G pissed me off, and I just wanted to get out and clear my head. So, I hopped in the car to take a drive. G came running out, trying to block the car from leaving. I kept asking him to move, but he wouldn’t. So, I did what any normal hormonal pissed off woman would do. I ran into him with the car. Okay, okay - I grazed him slightly. He wasn’t hurt - but I certainly got my message across.

So, I have to ask myself, - self? How can these women honestly accept their “unworth,” lack of power and position as a female and mother, and be kept as sex/baby breeding slaves? How common is this? Especially here in the US?

I just hope these women and children are able to get the necessary counseling they need to resume a normal life, filled with happiness and self-esteem.

What do you think?

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