‘A person who was raised in the community said she was instructed by elders not to “emasculate” her male peers by getting the better of them in conversation. washingtonpost.com/investigations…
“I was made aware of the difference from a young age...I was aware that it would have been better if I had been born a boy.”
“Make it a joy for him to head you...It is important for you to verbalize your commitment to submission. . . . Tell him what you think about things, make your input, but let him make the decisions, and support them once they are made.” 
“While in law school, Barrett lived at the South Bend home of People of Praise’s influential co-founder Kevin Ranaghan and his wife, Dorothy, who together helped establish the group’s male-dominated hierarchy and view of gender roles.” #AmyConeyBarrett
Dorothy lamented impact of modern feminism in 1991 essay that said “the basic differences btwn men & women should be respected & given cultural expression”& promoted traditional roles of husbands as decision-makers & wives as homemakers,even as women pursue professional ambitions
“The wife for her part is called to submit to her husband, not as a slave, but as a companion,” Ranaghan wrote, while stressing that there was “no room here for domination, oppression or of thinking of her as less than a full and free human person.”
The Washington Post obtained a copy of the essay from a former People of Praise member.
The essay also criticized a magazine for Girl Scout leaders as presenting an “overly aggressive idealization of girls and women.” #AmyConeyBarrett
The essay also criticized a magazine for Girl Scout leaders as presenting an “overly aggressive idealization of girls and women.” #AmyConeyBarrett
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