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		Article Our E-Library contains full text articles and other resources related to the information below.  Click here. WHY WE USE SYMBOLS/ICONS IN OUR LISTS. Please note: ICSA does NOT maintain a list of "bad" groups or "cults."  We nonjudgmentally list groups on which we have information. Groups listed, described, or referred to on ICSA's Web sites may be mainstream or nonmainstream, controversial or noncontroversial, religious or nonreligious, cult or not cult, harmful or benign. We encourage inquirers to consider a variety of opinions, negative and positive, so that inquirers can make independent and informed judgments pertinent to their particular concerns. Views expressed on our Web sites are those of the document's author(s) and are not necessarily shared, endorsed, or recommended by ICSA or any of its directors, staff, or advisors. See:  Definitional Issues Collection; Understanding Groups Collection Views expressed on our Web sites are those of the document's author(s) and are not necessarily shared, endorsed, or recommended by ICSA or any of its directors, staff, or advisors Gender Attributes That Affect Women’s Attraction to and Involvement in Cults Shelly Rosen, C.S.W. New York City Abstract: The author describes women who join cults as intelligent, active, and seeking to make an impact. These women are looking for an environment where they can experience themselves as powerful but not competitive, be part of a community where they can get recognition and mentorship, and feel somewhat safe from the gender inequities that characterize the culture at large. In reality, most cultic groups are characterized by attributes that are diametrically opposed to those they emanate and espouse. Thus, women in such groups become anxious and depressed but have difficulty leaving because the manipulative techniques of the leaders mirror the gender power differentials to which women are accustomed. _bs_available _   Resources Betz, Katherine E.: "No Place to Go: Life in a Prison Without Bars" - abs Collective of Women: "Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups" - abs Dahlen, Penny, Ed.D.: "Working with Women Survivors of Cults" - abs Lalich, Janja: "Dominance and Submission: The Psychosexual: Exploitation of Women in Cults" Rosen, Shelly, C.S.W.: "Gender Attributes.Women’s Attraction..Involvement in Cults" - abs Stein, Alexandra: "Influence of Cults on the Relationship of Mothers to Their Children" - abs Weishaupt, Kaynor J.: "Wifely Subjection: Mental Health Issues in Jehovah’s Witness" - abs ________________________________________________________ ^
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