Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed by Warren Jeffs. Always seeking to be an obedient Priesthood girl, in her teens she became...
Rebecca Musser grew up in fear, concealing her family's polygamous lifestyle from the "dangerous" outside world. Covered head-to-toe in strict, modest clothing, she received a rigorous education at Alta Academy, the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints' school headed by Warren Jeffs. Always seeking to be an obedient Priesthood girl, in her teens she became the nineteenth wife of her people's prophet: 85-year-old Rulon Jeffs, Warren's father. Finally sickened by the abuse she suffered and saw around her, she pulled off a daring escape and sought to build a new life and family.
The church, however, had a way of pulling her back in-and by 2007, Rebecca had no choice but to take the witness stand against the new prophet of the FLDS in order to protect her little sisters and other young girls from being forced to marry at shockingly young ages. The following year, Rebecca and the rest of the world watched as a team of Texas Rangers raided the Yearning for Zion Ranch, a stronghold of the FLDS. Rebecca's subsequent testimony would reveal the horrific secrets taking place behind closed doors of the temple, sending their leaders to prison for years, and Warren Jeffs for life.
THE WITNESS WORE RED is a gripping account of one woman's struggle to escape the perverse embrace of religious fanaticism and sexual slavery, and a courageous story of hope and transformation.
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Perhaps one of my biggest lessons was learning the healthy difference between passive, aggressive, and assertive characteristics of behavior. I think this is one of the great balances necessary for healthy individuals and cultures, and I have considered it carefully. To be passive means you don’t stand up for your own rights. To be aggressive means that you stand up for your rights while not honoring the rights of others. Both of these patterns of unhealthy behavior were dominant in our society, with men and women in substantial measure and in all of their relationships. What was missing was assertiveness, as it was predominantly programmed right out of us. Assertiveness means that you stand up for your rights while honoring the rights of others. It is difficult to be manipulated or to ma... (查看原文)
As I learned more about choice, and looked over the extensive evidence in all of the cases I had testified in, I realized that what was happening in the FLDS was human trafficking—both for labor and for sex. In mainstream society, money and lust are the currency. In the FLDS, salvation and position are the currency, but the forced acts of labor and sex are the same—the very definition of slavery. And whether greed or God is the currency, it is not right to own another’s free agency.
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As for those who are still in, we have received disparate reports about their well-being and their whereabouts. I’ve had to accept that wherever Mom, Christine, Savannah, Brittany, Sherrie, and Ally are, whatever their married status or standing in the community, they, indeed, might be exactly where they w... (查看原文)
闻夕felicity
1 有用 闻夕felicity 2014-11-12 13:05:08
FREAK SHOW 读的时候真的很难意识到这就是当代的事儿……太难以置信了。当然我也有一点点怀疑作者有没有夸大其词。直到最后几章被彻底感动。
0 有用 喵毛裤 2015-01-10 07:42:53
洗脑的力量。不敢相信在现代美国还会存在这样的生活方式
0 有用 喵毛裤 2015-01-10 07:42:53
洗脑的力量。不敢相信在现代美国还会存在这样的生活方式
1 有用 闻夕felicity 2014-11-12 13:05:08
FREAK SHOW 读的时候真的很难意识到这就是当代的事儿……太难以置信了。当然我也有一点点怀疑作者有没有夸大其词。直到最后几章被彻底感动。