#exvie — Public Fediverse posts

Study shows similarities between cult and trafficking survivors.

"While high-control groups and sex trafficking are usually treated as distinct social and legal problems, this comparative framework establishes that their underlying mechanisms of coercive control are functionally equivalent. Identifying these deep structural similarities addresses a historical gap in academic literature, providing a foundation for cross-disciplinary intervention models, updated legal definitions of psychological captivity, and unified trauma treatment strategies for survivors of both settings."

Via the ICSA.

#AbuseCulture #CoerciveControl #ReligiousTrauma #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA

https://icsatoday.substack.com/p/study-shows-psychological-similarities

Everybody's excited to get to the torture scenes in the film version of this wholesome religious story.

(No shade on Mormon Land. They're just reporting, and their podcast is somewhat nuanced.)

#exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ReligiousTrauma #DeathCult

Oh, Christians are oppressed and persecuted all right.

By Christian leadership!

#ReligiousTrauma #AbuseCulture #exmo #exvangelical #exmormon #exvie

[Edit*]An older but ever-relevant of ICSA Today with articles on recovering from sexual abuse in cults, how to communicate with loved ones inside cults, the spread of conspiracy theories in France, and multi-generational cult survivors.

https://library.internationalculticstudies.org/24n7ceh/

[The issue is from 2021, but they emailed around an article from it recently.]

#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical #ICSA

The ICSA has a journal article about how career counseling can help protect vulnerable kids from trafficking and cults.

Surprise! Poverty increases risk. Having a solid sense of identity helps prevent risk.

Abstract: 'Human trafficking is a rapidly expanding global criminal industry that frequently targets children and adolescents by preying on their vulnerabilities. This article presents research identifying seven categories of susceptibility in Generation Z, with a specific focus on how poverty and low personal achievement increase the risk of being trafficked. The authors propose that career counseling can serve as a vital preventive measure by building self-sufficiency, motivation, and a long-term “career self-concept” that helps youth reject the immediate gratification offered by predators.'

(Sorry, it's Substack.)

https://icsatoday.substack.com/p/could-career-counseling-help-protect

#ReligiousTrauma #cult #cults #exmo #exmormon #exvie #exvangelical