Raised Quiverfull: Adjusting

This section of the Raised Quiverfull Project showcases the participants’ responses to five questions regarding how they have adjusted since leaving. If you would like to read the questions and answers to these five questions in one document, click here

———

1) Do you still feel as though you are “different” or that your past experiences emotionally isolate you from society?

Click here to read responses to Question 1.

2) Since most of the world doesn’t understand Quiverfull/Christian Patriarchy culture, do you feel this creates barriers in friendships or in romantic relationships? Do people have a hard time understanding you and your past?

Click here to read responses to Question 2.

3) What do you think is the biggest way being raised in a family influenced by Christian Patriarchy/Quiverfull ideas has influenced who you are today?

Click here to read responses to Question 3.

4) How did you perceive your childhood at the time compared to how do you see it now?

Click here to read responses to Question 4.

5) Do you sometimes wish to go “back”?

Click here to read responses to Question 5.

———