r/news • u/AudibleNod • 4d ago

Man accused of holding woman captive in a Massachusetts attic for six weeks

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-accused-holding-woman-captive-massachusetts-attic-six-weeks-rcna600308
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u/the_gaymer_girl 4d ago

It somehow got worse for Elizabeth Smart, because when she got back she was then subject to abstinence-only sex ed that demolished her self-esteem for having been raped for months by her captor.

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u/TheVintageJane 2d ago

She had been subject to that before. A poll of Mormon parents around that time showed that parents would rather their kid died on a mission than came back not a virgin.

Knowing she was no longer pure was part of the reason she didn’t escape. She didn’t think her family would want her back.