“Taliban Dan’s” Teacher: Inside Bill Gothard’s Authoritarian Subculture
…n, and demanded that girls style their hair wavy—not straight or curly—because “wavy hair is attractive and becoming—it causes you to focus on the woman’s face instead of her body.” Gothard’s approved wavy hairstyle is meant, she said, “to attract men to your bright eyes, which will attract them to God, instead of your body.” Eliza elaborated on how she was required to live under her father’s authority, even in adulthood. “Girls should be serving…
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