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This is the story of Carolyn Jessop's escape from the fundamentalist polygamist sect FLDS. Carolyn escaped with her eight children and was the first woman to successfully sue for custody of her children and win. What I find really interesting about this story is the way us human-types are so defined by the way in which we are raised. These people genuinely believe that they are doing God's work through polygamy and childbearing. They are raised in an atmosphere of fear, misogyny, and abuse. The
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Mar 23, 2020
Kim Martin
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Allison Rogers
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