One of my key responses to explain the difference between ex-Mormon men and ex-Mormon women is to say that men leave the Mormon church because “they're not becoming gods fast enough.” No, #notallexmormonmen.
I've been reading about cults/high control groups recently and evidently it's very common for a person leaving one cult to immediately join or create another. Daniela Mestyanek Young, one of the experts I follow, calls it "cult hopping" and warns to be very cautious about groups comprised primarily of former members of cults because of this. Often times former members haven't deconstructed enough to form groups that are less culty. How she spoke about it reminded me strongly of how you write about ex Mormon circles.
Some layers of ex-Mormonism are absolutely culty. I think a lot of it has to do with the black-and-white thinking we're imbued with that takes half, uncomfortable work to undo. For some, it's easier to swing the other way in the binary thinking.
I've been reading about cults/high control groups recently and evidently it's very common for a person leaving one cult to immediately join or create another. Daniela Mestyanek Young, one of the experts I follow, calls it "cult hopping" and warns to be very cautious about groups comprised primarily of former members of cults because of this. Often times former members haven't deconstructed enough to form groups that are less culty. How she spoke about it reminded me strongly of how you write about ex Mormon circles.
Some layers of ex-Mormonism are absolutely culty. I think a lot of it has to do with the black-and-white thinking we're imbued with that takes half, uncomfortable work to undo. For some, it's easier to swing the other way in the binary thinking.