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This article is an electronic version of an article originally
published in Cultic Studies Journal, 1997, Volume 14, Number 1, pages 106-144.
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Wifely Subjection: Mental Health Issues
in Jehovah’s Witness Women
Kaynor J. Weishaupt, M.S., M.F.C.C.
Michael D. Stensland
Abstract
The Watchtower Society, commonly referred to as Jehovah’s Witnesses, exerts a
great deal of control over the everyday life of its members. Women, in
particular, suffer from psychological stresses in this high-control
environment, as it is also a culture where patriarchal attitudes limit women’s
personal power and predominate in their relationships with men. A group of women
responded to a questionnaire about their experiences during membership in the
Watchtower Society and after leaving. The results indicate that while in the
Watchtower Society, women experience a higher degree of mental health problems
than they do after they leave the group. They also report experiencing more
egalitarian attitudes in their relationships with men after exiting the group.
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