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I watched a two hour documentary on Warren Jeffs and the FLDS church. The sexual exploitation of women and children were unbelievable. Unfortunately Jeffs, while extreme, was not an isolated case. The clergy has been hiding behind their Bibles and clerical collars to abuse women and children for centuries. I'm not opposed to all religions, just those that involve people.

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““We were never taught women have a right to say no," Faith told me.”

And yet women are expected to be the gatekeepers of sex. The system is setup for women’s failure. We must be feminine and pretty, but modest and don’t tempt men. Our existence tempts men, even completely covered from head to toe women are attacked and blamed for it. We cannot refuse a man, but when we do acquiesce we’re sluts. This is almost exclusively the result of religion. And it is not exclusive to the clergy.

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