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"Loving the Hell Out of Ourselves" (#182)

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The Good Christian Wife Role in Traumatization

Elaine, Janine and Julie were forced to marry against their will when they were in high school. Elaine says she had a violent marriage that was all mixed in with patriarchy in the church. The wife is always supposed to submit to her husband even if he's violent because then by doing so I hear submissive spirit, her meek spirit, the violent husband might be saved. And somewhere in my heart, I knew it was nonsense, but I had to survive.

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