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	God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped by Andrea Moore-Emmett
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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 289 EAN 9781930074132 ISBN 1930074131 Manufacturer Pince-Nez Press Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 240 Publication Date June 01, 2004 Publisher Pince-Nez Press Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description 'I know girls as young as 12 years old who have been forced to marry their stepfathers,' Laura Chapman states in God’s Brothel. For the first time, the stories of Laura and 17 other former polygamist wives are being told in book form. Unique among books on this topic, God’s Brothel presents accounts from 10 of the 11 major Mormon polygamist sects and several independent families. This thorough coverage reveals patterns of physical, sexual and emotional abuse common to these groups. In addition to the women’s stories, God’s Brothel presents a fascinating discussion of polygamy’s history in America. Moore-Emmett recounts the prosecution of polygamists and current freedom of religion arguments used to justify its practice. She also provides a coherent breakdown of the major contemporary polygamist groups and places U.S. polygamy in a world context. This background information greatly clarifies much of the confusion surrounding this complex issue. Far from affecting only Utah, Mormon and Christian fundamentalist polygamist groups are found in 30 U.S. states, Mexico, and Canada. Conservative estimates place those living in polygamy in North America at 50,000 to 100,000 and growing. Recently, members of Utah’s Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) moved to Texas to escape prosecution after first telling local officials that they were opening a hunting lodge. This event represents just one instance of polygamy’s spread across the country, a spread that could bring God’s Brothel to a neighborhood near you. ''Not a single woman I've ever known is happy,' one polygamous wife says. Reading 'God's Brothel,' you'll understand why.' -- Denver Post, August 15, 2004 '... a stinging indictment of the hidden practice of polygamy, in which patriarchy reaches an almost unfathomable extreme.' -- Patricia Ireland, former president of the NOW 'As God's Brothel makes clear, fundamentalist Mormon polygamy can lead to pedophilia, rape, domestic violence... incest and welfare fraud.' -- Editorial, Salt Lake Tribune, August 15, 2004 'Reading [these stories] I felt like a curious spectator to a gruesome accident.' -- Fred Silverstein, former producer, CNN, CNBC '[An] illuminating new book...' -- CNN.com, August 1, 2004 'I know girls as young as 12 years old who have been forced to marry their stepfathers,' Laura Chapman states in God’s Brothel. For the first time, the stories of Laura and 17 other former polygamist wives are being told in book form. Unique among books on this topic, God’s Brothel presents accounts from 10 of the 11 major Mormon polygamist sects and several independent families. This thorough coverage reveals patterns of physical, sexual and emotional abuse common to these groups. In addition to the women’s stories, God’s Brothel presents a fascinating discussion of polygamy’s history in America. Moore-Emmett recounts the prosecution of polygamists and current freedom of religion arguments used to justify its practice. She also provides a coherent breakdown of the major contemporary polygamist groups and places U.S. polygamy in a world context. This background information greatly clarifies much of the confusion surrounding this complex issue. Far from affecting only Utah, Mormon and Christian fundamentalist polygamist groups are found in 30 U.S. states, Mexico, and Canada. Conservative estimates place those living in polygamy in North America at 50,000 to 100,000 and growing. Recently, members of Utah’s Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS) moved to Texas to escape prosecution after first telling local officials that they were opening a hunting lodge. This event represents just one instance of polygamy’s spread across the country, a spread that could bring God’s Brothel to a neighborhood near you. Until I received the manuscript for God’s Brothel, I had given little thought to polygamy, even though I had grown up in Utah and attended school with the children of polygamists. I thought, 'Whatever. They don’t seem to be hurting anyone.' God’s Brothel changed my view entirely, with its reports of the women who escaped from polygamist groups and several independent families. The book describes a patriarchal world where girls from a very young age are treated as sexual objects and denied an education. Sexual abuse and coercion are at the core of these chilling accounts of Christian and Mormon fundamentalist polygamy. The women’s stories told in God’s Brothel offer a rare insight into the complexities of polygamy in the United States. The book debunks any idea that polygamy as practiced in the U.S. is a 'quaint lifestyle choice,' or that the instances of abuse are rare. 'It never made sense to me that God would make you marry someone you can't stand.' - Stacy A chilling indictment of contemporary Mormon and Christian fundamentalist polygamy, God's Brothel reveals the gruesome facts about Bible-based polygamy through the brave voices of 18 women who escaped from 10 of the 11 main religious groups as well as independent families. Their stories include rape, incest, orgies, and violence, making this form of polygamy more akin to sexual slavery than to any quaint religious or lifestyle choice. Andrea Moore-Emmett is a native of Colorado who now lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She speaks across the country concerning abuses against women and children within polygamy. Moore-Emmett is a prize-winning journalist and was the researcher for the two-hour documentary, Inside Polygamy, aired on A&E and the BBC. Moore-Emmett is the recipient of five Utah Excellence in Journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, including a 1st place Don Baker Investigative Reporting Award and a Leading Changes Award from the Utah Professional Chapter of Women in Communications. She serves as President of the Utah Chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). 'In my life, I’ve never known love with someone of the opposite sex.' —Rowenna, polygamist wife for 37 years, mother of eight 'Polygamy forces women to rely on welfare, presenting themselves as stupid women who get pregnant every year but can’t figure out who the fathers are.' —Andrea Moore Emmett 'I lived in terror seeing her [Sherrie’s mother] throw the babies on the floor, knocking the breath out of them. She beat us, threw things at us and taught us to pray for our father’s death.' —Sherrie, former member of the FLDS Church 'Women are vessels to be worn out in childbirth.' 'One child is worth ten of the mother.' —FLDS sayings 'You don’t need to know who you’re going to marry. Just pick a date and show up, and you’ll find out on the wedding day who it is.' —Connie’s mother 'Mack asked me to go talk to the [12-year-old] girl; but every time I went to talk to her about marriage, she was playing with dolls so I wouldn’t.' —Sarah, former member of the Church of the Lamb of God 'When I confided to my mom what my brothers were doing [sexual abuse], we had to go to my father about it. He told my mom he wanted to talk to her alone; when she came out, she said, ‘Your father says we have to let [the brothers] be who they’re going to be.’' —Laura, former member of the FLDS Church Customers who bought this item also bought His Favorite Wife: Trapped in Polygamy Escape Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up In Polygamy Customer Reviews for: God's Brothel: The Extortion of Sex for Salvation in Contemporary Mormon and Christian Fundamentalist Polygamy and the Stories of 18 Women Who Escaped Rating - DON'T BOTHER - POORLY WRITTEN, WASTE OF TIME While not many would argue that abuses happen in SOME polygamous families, most would also readily agree that the same alleged abuses occur in "normal" families (whether one parent or two). It seems that the writer has an agenda, and lets this color every sentence contained in this book. Unfortunately, she begins with an unconvincing legal analysis which can be likened to the decades of arguments supporting slavery, prohibitions on interracial marriage, and those forbidding same-sex marriage. Like it or not, some people ... Read More Rating - GREAT TRANSACTION! The book arrived in only a few days and was in good condition. Would do business with this seller again! Rating - Great Overview Having read many books on the problem of polygomy this was a great overview of all the different groups practicing this lifestyle and stories of women who had escaped from this way of life. Rating - Interesting subject but poorly written This book was hard to follow because the author is not a good writer. It's too bad because this subject fascinates me and I have read quite a lot about it. I don't recommend this book. Rating - Good Insight, Not A Lot of Detail It was a good introduction to a lot of different polygamist sects but I craved more detail for each situation. see more reviews See all books by author Andrea Moore-Emmett

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