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  Becoming a woman...

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
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  i remember when i was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that jehovah's witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and i am remembering wrong.

  i do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.

  does anyone remember that?

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  Rubyvixen

  Haha!
  
  Wait till you get to the part about the reason that masturbation is bad for a young girl! All that nervous energy gone...:D
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  Becoming a woman...

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember when i was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that jehovah's witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and i am remembering wrong.

  i do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.

  does anyone remember that?

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  Rubyvixen

  Yes! That may have been the book!!
  
  We skipped over the chapters about what happens to males during adolescence (but of course I read those anyway!! haha) and that does sound like something that would have been in the book. The book focused on the downfalls of 'heavy petting' while courting, thoughts that were not so pure and how to deal, how to resist the urge to masturbate and also tried to provide an anatomy lesson of what happens to females and males going through puberty.
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  Becoming a woman...

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember when i was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that jehovah's witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and i am remembering wrong.

  i do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.

  does anyone remember that?

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  Rubyvixen

  That would make sense.
  
  It definitely was full of 1950's rhetoric in terms of a woman's role and all that crap. Very, very pre-feminist that's for sure! :P
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  Becoming a woman...

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember when i was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that jehovah's witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and i am remembering wrong.

  i do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.

  does anyone remember that?

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  Rubyvixen

  Really?
  
  It was way before the Questions Young People Ask book. I am thinking the book was from the 60's or 70's?
  
  I was born in 1978 but my parents were a much older generation and kept every.single.publication. ;)
  
  I keep remembering it being a pink colored book, not very thick but with the *exact* sentiment as the book I linked to...
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  Becoming a woman...

  by Rubyvixen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i remember when i was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that jehovah's witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and i am remembering wrong.

  i do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.

  does anyone remember that?

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  Rubyvixen

  I remember when I was around the age of 10 or 11, there was a book that Jehovah's Witness parents used in family bible study that had two versions (one for male, one for females) or maybe there was one and it just had chapters and I am remembering wrong.
  
  I do remember vividly having to endure the rather male dominated view of what happens when a young woman enters adolescence and what a young woman has to look forward to in her 'duties' as a loyal wife and mother serving her husband *gags*.
  
  Does anyone remember that? It covered masturbation, beastiality (albeit briefly), menstruation, a rather sterile description of sex (of course) and then the dreary life one should happily look forward to as a wife of an upstanding JW husband etc...
  
  Anyway, I came across this the other day and could not help but see such HUGE similarities....
  
  You have to check out these links if only to be horrified at the viewpoints and have flashbacks back to that era and/or those awful books of the JWs that preached the same nonsense:
  
  http://www.livejournal.com/users/blinkytreefrog/80660.html?page=1#comments
  
  For the equally awful chapter on homosexuality (which again mirrors the JW view) go here:
  
  http://www.livejournal.com/users/blinkytreefrog/81147.html
  
  Something I found so interesting about all of this is that the author of the books that are scanned above in those links was a raging Seventh Day Adventist!
  
  Correct me if I am wrong but weren't the 'founder's of the JWs heavily influenced by the Seventh Day Adventists? My memory of JW history is rather blurry these days being out of it for so long and having thrown out everything that had to do with the religion years and years ago. I just thought it was so fascinating that the author of the books above even had the same writing style as the JW publications that I grew up with. At time when reading those links, I even felt like I was reading an old JW publication! Maybe they borrowed a LOT from the Adventists in that way, including so many of those awful, awful beliefs and ideals?
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  My turn then.. H-H-Hello?

  by Wax:on in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well seems like i should introduce myself istead of reading everybody elses posts!

  i've just started trawling through all the backlog of varied posts and think there are some very interesting characters and views.

  (those aposta fests are unbelievable man!

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  Rubyvixen

  Welcome! :)
  
  I am glad to hear that you are developing your own interests and personality after all that time of having your individuality supressed.
  
  Looking forward to hearing more from you :D
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  What smell takes you back to your dub days?

  by mtbatoon in

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  2. friends

  old heated paint.

  let me explain.

  the old kh i went to would give off this strange smell of burnt paint ever time the central heating was put on.

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  Rubyvixen

  I am standing on the train platform this morning when all of a sudden someone passes me eating Fritos and it instantly reminded me of assemblies after lunch....the overwhelming smell of fritos and the sound of shastas being opened...*gag*
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  What smell takes you back to your dub days?

  by mtbatoon in

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  old heated paint.

  let me explain.

  the old kh i went to would give off this strange smell of burnt paint ever time the central heating was put on.

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  Rubyvixen

  Pine-sol!
  
  Seriously, the smell of Pine-sol makes me recall pretending to clean the bathrooms when it was our turn to clean the hall (key-word pretend...hah).
  
  Also ,the overwhelming smell of aftershave makes me recall Thursday night meetings for some reason...ack!
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  hello all - new here

  by GoingGoingGone in

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  2. friends

  hello everyone, this is my first post.... i'm in the process of fading after being a jw my entire life (almost).

  i don't go to meetings anymore..... hubby's an elder, and boy, is he mad.

  he still makes the kids go with him to meetings, service, etc... they hate it and i feel sorry for them, but there's not much i can do about it.. i've been feeling lonely today, i do miss my friends sometimes, and i have really good friends, but since i don't go to meetings i never see them much anymore.

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  Rubyvixen

  Hi there and welcome :)
  
  Sounds like quite a situation you have there still being surrounded by all that. The people here are awesome though.
  
  Can't wait to hear more from you :D
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  Halloween - Are you celebrating?

  by Nellie in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  of all the holidays that witnesses shun, this was the one i could understand most.

  but after leaving the organization, how do you feel about it now?

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  Rubyvixen

  My favorite holiday :)
  
  What's not to like? I love theatrical costumes and I love candy. A day when everyone is reveling in chocolate, candy and mischief? Too awesome.