Escaping Catholicism (Part 1 of 3)

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Channel: Jo · 2010 · People & Blogs

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In this series of videos, I talk about how I 'escaped catholicism' and eventually left the church.  I have always maintained that the fundamentalist version of the religion I was raised in is cult-like in nature, and getting away from it is not unlike escaping a cult.  The bulk of my reasoning had to do with realizing how badly the church treats women and what is expected from women.  It was a slow wake-up, having been raised to believe that misogyny was completely normal.

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