My dad was a pastor, and the first time I ever heard the "quiverfull" thing was from him. I had 14 siblings (3 of which were adopted).
I guess I had kind of the same reaction to the article as Paprika...I grew up in "that environment", so to speak, and when she says things like this:
"Quiverfull is a mindset (a very powerful head trip) in which each family becomes a cult unto itself with Daddy enshrined as the supreme Patriarch."
"The problem was, everything I knew about relationships had been so completely redefined by Christian teachings that I did not have the language to name the abuse."
"using any form of birth control was tantamount to playing God, " (I was never taught this)
"and for those who are curious, but too polite to ask what it is like for these Quiverfull wives who are breeding like rabbits, " (My mom gave birth to 12, and raised an additional 3)
"You see, being in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is a set up for dysfunctional game-playing and crazy-making head trips."
"When the very definition of perfect love is sacrificing your children and martyring yourself, there is no place for emotionally healthy concepts like boundaries, consent, equality, and mutuality."
"Growing up in a Quiverfull home means being raised by a narcissistic father and having a mother with a huge martyr complex. The kids are treated as property to be hoarded. They are isolated, coerced and manipulated, abused and deprived socially and educationally." (Hogwash.)
...I'm skeptical.
I guess I had kind of the same reaction to the article as Paprika...I grew up in "that environment", so to speak, and when she says things like this:
"Quiverfull is a mindset (a very powerful head trip) in which each family becomes a cult unto itself with Daddy enshrined as the supreme Patriarch."
"The problem was, everything I knew about relationships had been so completely redefined by Christian teachings that I did not have the language to name the abuse."
"using any form of birth control was tantamount to playing God, " (I was never taught this)
"and for those who are curious, but too polite to ask what it is like for these Quiverfull wives who are breeding like rabbits, " (My mom gave birth to 12, and raised an additional 3)
"You see, being in a personal relationship with Jesus Christ is a set up for dysfunctional game-playing and crazy-making head trips."
"When the very definition of perfect love is sacrificing your children and martyring yourself, there is no place for emotionally healthy concepts like boundaries, consent, equality, and mutuality."
"Growing up in a Quiverfull home means being raised by a narcissistic father and having a mother with a huge martyr complex. The kids are treated as property to be hoarded. They are isolated, coerced and manipulated, abused and deprived socially and educationally." (Hogwash.)
...I'm skeptical.
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