Part 1 | Sect Education: Gender Roles

Eric reflects on the gender roles his high-control church assigned to him and his wife—and why none of it ever quite fit. In this episode of Friends on Purpose, he and Elaine unpack the expectations, power dynamics, and belief systems behind rigid roles in religious communities, and how choosing love over control quietly changed everything.Rabbit Footnotes:Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism - https://amandamontell.com/cultish/The Exvangelicals - https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250284471/theexvangelicals/Shiny Happy People - Seasons 1 and 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKfEilxYpbMBreakfast in Hell: with Sarah Davis Part 1 and 2 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breakfast-in-hell-a-deconstruction-podcast/id1806983124