Again, read some of the testimonies of nuns who have left cloistures where indeed it was abusive...more often than not it’s there but hidden from the outside world.
Even in Vatican 11 the Pope wanted to see these cloitures opened and this hermit lifestyle draw down.
No thanks. Non-Catholics, particularly those who are prejudiced against Catholics, have no idea that there is any other way of life than the one they live. Their fantasies about the sort of life a nun or sister lives is truly laughable, sometimes pornographic, and certainly a far distance from reality.
The very fact that their life is hidden, makes it a subject of intense curiosity among the non-Catholics, and the fact that they live as holy women makes the curiosity, sadly, distorted. This just buys into the present liberal fixation that all sexuality must be “open” and known by everyone.
I would venture to guess that most non-Catholics have a fairly unrealistic view of nuns, colored by sensational literature or misunderstood episodes.