Posted on 05/27/2022 11:44:39 PM PDT by Morgana
Clotheslines with billowing linens and long dresses are a common sight on the off-grid farms of Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County, home to the nation’s largest Amish settlement. For many tourists they’re as iconic a part of Amish Country’s bucolic scenery as the rural lanes and wooden bridges.
But for two days in late April, a clothesline with a different purpose was strung in a small indoor exhibit here. Hanging from it were 13 outfits representing the trauma of sexual assault suffered by members of the Amish, Mennonite and similar groups, a reminder that the modest attire they require, particularly of women and girls, is no protection.
Each garment on display was either the actual one a survivor wore at the time they were assaulted or a replica assembled by volunteers to match the strict dress codes of the survivor’s childhood church.
One was a long-sleeve, periwinkle blue Amish dress with a simple stand collar. The accompanying sign said, “Survivor Age: 4 years old.”
Next to it was a 5-year-old’s heavy coat, hat and long, hunter green dress, displayed above sturdy black shoes. “I was never safe and I was a child. He was an adult,” a sign quoted the survivor as saying. “No one helped me when I told them he hurt me.”
There was also an infant’s onesie.
“You feel rage when you get a tiny little outfit in the mail,” said Ruth Ann Brubaker of Wayne County, Ohio, who helped put the exhibit together. “I didn’t know I could be so angry. Then you start crying.”
The clothes on display represented various branches of the conservative Anabaptist tradition, which include Amish, Mennonite, Brethren and Charity. Often referred to as the Plain churches, they emphasize separation from mainstream society, church discipline, forgiveness and modest dress, including head coverings for women.
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And yet Muslims are never called out over Burkas, Nidabs and veils
Good point regarding fairness in reporting. But the Amish are less likely to decapitate the reporter.
An attack by crazy women and other leftists. Bad women and men are everywhere. This is trashing a sector of American culture while punching God in the face. Fun, fun, fun.
An attack by crazy women and other leftists. Bad women and men are everywhere. This is trashing a sector of American culture while punching God in the face. Fun, fun, fun.
Why stop at 19th century technology? Why not forbid anything past the stone age? At least the Amish are not suckers for the Climate Change Scam.
She could do the same for victims of government schools, only there would be 1,300,000 outfits, per year. Leftists have mastered the methods needed to bring down the leftist government indoctrination centers. Learn from their mastery of institutional destruction, and apply.
No this is more like Luke 12:2-3
[2] For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known. [3] For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.
Jesus said it would happen now you all are shocked it is happening? I’m not, Jesus said it would happen.
Looks like they’re going after the Amish community as a whole. I’m not denying these abuses occur, but they do in mainstream life of the U.S. in a much larger scale. Eventually, they’re going to have to give up that way of life and comply.
The Amish previously believed in staying out of "English" politics.
They started voting for MAGA. That can't be allowed and they must be destroyed.
“you all are shocked it is happening?“
Don’t get indignant with me. I didn’t express shock nor anything that could be interpreted as shock. Not even close. Made up. Vanity. A lie. Deceit. False witness.
Had to look that up. Oh yeah. Saw it in a theater. I’m remembering it was kinda convoluted.. didn’t like it.
But I get your good point.
“And yet Muslims are never called out over Burkas, Nidabs and veils”.
There’s a video with an Imam giving good advice so that beating your wife in such a manner that the bruises won’t show.
:-/
I will read this. My neck of the woods.
Abuse of all kinds obviously happens everywhere but especially in secret societies that don’t provide a way for reporting or interaction with law enforcement. Thankfully for these women and girls (& animals !) it is finally being exposed.
In every society apart from the main society you can argue they don’t have proper connections to the ‘proper authorities’ and thus need to be forced into the larger collective.
“including replicas”
So what they’re saying is that they’ve managed to assemble stories of sex crimes among the anabaptists. Twelve of them.
I wish to God we Catholics had such a low sexual-abuse rate. And if there are any mainstream denominations or groups of people of any type that also don’t, they’re kidding themselves.
OK. Now let’s talk about the Mormans:
https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=851753&page=1
They throw out teen boys because teen boys are competition to the adult males getting the extra wives they desire. Yes, “sister wives” - ya’ll are vile.
Yes, I would wager that the Amish have a very low rate of this type of abuse.
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