Today we’re chatting with Katie! Katie’s story is an eye-opening account of the harms and pressure of sexism in Christadelphian culture on young girls. As a child, Katie was pulled out of the public school system in order to spend her time primarily caring for her brothers and taking care of the household tasks. As she grew older, was pressured to find a husband and begin to follow a “timeline” which would lead to staying home and having children while being told that she shouldn’t get an education at university. Despite the lack of encouragement and guidance, Katie escaped the Christadelphians, explored life as an independent woman, and attended university. In this episode, Katie also shares what it was like to join the Christadelphians as a child with her family, about Christadelphian dating culture, and about the poor behavior of the “brothers” in her former ecclesia that ultimately lead to her leaving Christadelphia once and for all. Please join us for yet another episode of fellowship among the heathens!
Listener discretion advised.
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References:
Corinthians 11:8-9 "For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. Nor was man made for woman, but woman for man"
Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by Amanda Montell
Meghantschanz on IG “The Role of a Godly Husband (if women butchered the Bible the way men have)”
Clarabelltoks on IG
Flipping Vacation Bible School
If we spoke to men the way we speak to women
If we spoke to boys the way we speak to girls
If we spoke to boys the way we speak to girls (2)
If we spoke to boys the way we speak to girls (3)
Flipping misogyny and homophobia in the church
Flipping misogyny in the church
