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Growing Up in a Cult w/@flierbrown

May 29, 2025 / 01:10

This episode discusses growing up in a cult-like environment, specifically within independent fundamentalist Baptist and reformed Baptist communities. The conversation highlights themes of patriarchy, gender roles, and education.

The guest shares personal experiences from their childhood in Pennsylvania and Kansas, detailing how indoctrination shaped their understanding of family dynamics. They emphasize the belief that men are the heads of families and women are expected to submit.

Key discussions include the impact of these beliefs on education and the differing expectations placed on boys and girls. The guest reflects on the lasting effects of this upbringing on their life.

TLDR

A guest recounts growing up in a patriarchal cult-like environment, detailing its impact on gender roles and education.

Episode

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I like to say I grew up in a cult because that's the easiest way to ex to explain it in the simplest way. But
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independent fundamentalist Baptist, reformed Baptist, that was our our primary I think we were we went to a
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Presbyterian church for a while, but then we had a my dad had a argument with the elders about whether baptism was
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immersion or sprinkling and then we left that church. Um, but the part of what we were
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indoctrinated into in Pennsylvania, but almost more so in Kansas, was the was uh
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patriarchy. So, the concept that the man is the head of the family, the man is the bread winner, the man basically runs
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everything, the wife is to submit. And so if you look at education of children from that context
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of the man's going to make the money, the woman's going to cook and clean and
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be at home and have babies, then your the the results of the education are going to be drastically
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different based on the gender of of the

Episode Highlights

  • Patriarchy Defined
    Exploring the patriarchal structure that influenced their education and family dynamics.
    “The man is the head of the family.”
    @ 00m 40s
    May 29, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • The man is the head of the family.
    Growing Up in a Cult w/@flierbrown
  • The wife is to submit.
    Growing Up in a Cult w/@flierbrown

Key Moments

  • Patriarchy Explained00:40