Their attitude towards women is what I find the most objectionablge. Thirty years after leaving, just reading that excerpt made me feel like knocking on a door and calling a man out for a physical confrontation. My mom earned the money. She turned her paychecks over to our father. He could not attend to proper JW duties but almost killed my siblings and myself for our lack of devotion. What continue to strikes me is that these evangelical Christian men aren't manly. They have low paying, ineffectual jobs. Yet I must submit. They don't come close to my Bible knowledge and my world knowledge. Yet I am to submit.
I will think about submitting when these men earn true money. Maybe submit when they know their basic Bible knowledge. My father was abusive physically and emotionally. My brother became a Maoist for decades. Cults must be in the DNA. Grow up and be a man. I believe the expression in the West is cowboy up. Secure men with true skills would not be so fragile. A woman would be seen as a companion, not an enemy.
For those who don't respect women, I have my eyes on you. You aren't getting away with anything. I know many true men. True men don't put women down. These losers are too much. And what is wrong with women? I understand about the generational nature of abuse and how crippling the syndrome is. I've fought. Fight for yourselves. Grow up!
