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Originally Posted by Blue Eyed Enchantress  I am a writer working on a book exploring the Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, and Physical effects that result from a quiverful, patriocentric, authoritarian lifestyle. I am especially interested in hearing from medical professionals and those who were raised with this, but my question is this:
Have you noticed any correlation between a strict religious upbringing with physical health issues in young adult women? |
Nope. Most women I know with PCOS IRL had no such upbringing. Almost to the woman they were raised moderate to liberal in religious beliefs. PCOS is most likely genetic, so religion would have nothing to do with it. I've never known a woman with an eating disorder who was from such a background either. My cousin was raised by a very authoritarian father (the only in the family as far as I know) and she is super healthy. Most people I know who were unhealthy as young women were raised in single parent homes by their mothers with no male authority figure present. This includes eating disorders, obesity, PCOS, fibro, bi-polar, depression, ADHD, etc.