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Amish, Mennonite, and Mormon women face horrible levels of abuse, including stunning levels of incest. So do trad wives. Why are you ignoring the intrinsic trauma that comes with being enslaved? Women are not immune to this. You can see videos of them hanging themselves from ceiling fans after being sold in marriages.
Many of these communities don't believe spousal rape is real. Rape is torture, which is why it is used extensively in war. It's also why victims of rape automatically develop the same brain/PTSD patterns as victims of war.
You are profoundly ignorant of women or even the human condition. Recommend the documentary trio Half the Sky and also the book The Body Keeps the Score.
These people can't leave their cult communities because they literally lack the life knowledge to do so. That's actually exactly why cults deprive their members of knowledge. They aren't staying because they are happier, they stay because otherwise they will lose their family and community due to cult shunning and be alone in a strange world.
And further up, re: "trad wife takeover," um it's actually their fascist husbands taking over. Blame the men doing it, not their stupid enslaved wives.