In the United States, fundamentalist movements flourish. Tuning into any news station in the last fifteen years one can see and hear anti-Muslim rhetoric twenty-four hours a day. One of the most widely criticized elements of radical Islam is it’s portrayal and treatment of women, yet anywhere in North America, there are sects claiming the bible as their backing for institutionalized misogyny and abuse. Fundamentalist churches began as a backlash to the modern woman who rose out of the midcentury. Women began working, waiting to have children and defying the white, puritanical roles that had existed for them for generations. From suffrage to the Pill, many conservative movements began to see holes in the walls of their culture that could easily …show more content…
One American group, the Quiverfull Movement might seem like an extreme example from an outside perspective, yet it is not that different than other fundamentalist Christians. The key beliefs of the movement are centered on child rearing and traditional family roles. Strict doctrine writes the lives of Quiverfull women even before they are born, and produces wives who are submissive and proudly home bound. What it means to be a man or woman is vastly different and based on specific aspects of biblical teaching. In recent years a lot of information has come out in relation to the movement, especially in reality television and on social media. Personal accounts and testimonies both for and against the church can be found all over the internet, and many Americans have an opinion on members, whether they know that is the group’s actual name or not. One of the most recognizable families who appear to practice what Quiverfull teaches are the TLC …show more content…
Their rise to fame was slow to start but has placed the 19 Kids and Counting clan into the minds of almost anyone with a TV. Until this year, they were seen as a likeable, happy,