I have an okay feeling about the amish and their way of life. However, I am always wary that in isolated and religious cultures, it is harder to be neurodivergent or non cis-heterosexual and that abuse within such groups is also harder to escape from, because of the isolation and potential loss of all friends/family if you choose to leave. However, I haven’t heard many scandals involving the amish particularly.
I have lived near orthodox jews and always felt weird that they didn’t even (choose to) speak the same language as their neighbors, but only Yiddish. I also felt that while the men are very present in the street and community, you only see the women occasionally and always with a few babies/children.
There was a recent documentary on one amish man who had sexually abused a LOT of local girls. He finally got put in jail. I suspect it’s a lot more widespread than is made public. Gimme a second to find it.
Hmm, I can’t believe I never noticed that, but you’re right. I live in a neighborhood near an Orthodox Jewish temple, and I see men and boys walking all the time (older boys) but never women. I mean, to each their own I guess but I have the same worries about isolation and abuse.
I have an okay feeling about the amish and their way of life. However, I am always wary that in isolated and religious cultures, it is harder to be neurodivergent or non cis-heterosexual and that abuse within such groups is also harder to escape from, because of the isolation and potential loss of all friends/family if you choose to leave. However, I haven’t heard many scandals involving the amish particularly.
I have lived near orthodox jews and always felt weird that they didn’t even (choose to) speak the same language as their neighbors, but only Yiddish. I also felt that while the men are very present in the street and community, you only see the women occasionally and always with a few babies/children.
There was a recent documentary on one amish man who had sexually abused a LOT of local girls. He finally got put in jail. I suspect it’s a lot more widespread than is made public. Gimme a second to find it.
I think this was it
https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/documentaries/keep-quiet-and-forgive/
Hmm, I can’t believe I never noticed that, but you’re right. I live in a neighborhood near an Orthodox Jewish temple, and I see men and boys walking all the time (older boys) but never women. I mean, to each their own I guess but I have the same worries about isolation and abuse.