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One weird trick for reducing sexual assault in churches

One weird trick for reducing sexual assault in churches

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Cathy Reisenwitz
Nov 27, 2023
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I’m reading a study I found on slut-shaming. The sections on female intra-sexual competition have me thinking about growing up in Southern Baptist churches. And about the ongoing Southern Baptist sexual abuse scandal.

This is what I wish I’d had the words, the information, the confidence, and the worldview to tell the women who told me to cover up as a young girl:

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