"How Playing Good Christian Housewife Almost Killed Me"

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15. People who belong to fundamentalist sects like

tv's Duggar family take this craziness even further. A woman's only role is as a wife and mother. No education for girls beyond the spartan home schooling they receive using a fundie curriculum. And they must keep a smile on their faces at all times. No emotion allowed.

The "courtship" rules are draconian. No physical contact except "side hugs,"and hand holding only when engaged. No kissing until legally wed. All of this enforced through the use of chaperones who stay with the couple when they are together. And the father determines who the girls may "court." Marriage is a "transfer of authority" from father to husband.

Of course there are rules regarding modest dress as well. Apparently knees and shoulders inspire impure thoughts. And if they happen to encounter a person in shorts or a tank top, they are instructed to look away and say "Nike" to warn others to look away as well.

The oldest son works for the Family Research Council, where his job seems to be endorsing tea party candidates and spewing rightwing anti-gay hate.

And these people are well paid for parading this shitshow in front of the gullible public who see them as a fine, wholesome Godly bunch instead of the freak show they are.