Inside Gloriavale: The secretive life of women in NZ Christian ‘cult’
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A new documentary about a secretive New Zealand “cult” uncovers the openly submissive lifestyle of women in the fundamentalist Christian community.
The third documentary in the series reveals how the Gloriavale society, based in Haupiri, in the South Island, imposes strict rules and rituals that force young women into arranged marriages as part of “God’s will”.
“Gloriavale: A Woman’s Place”, which aired on New Zealand’s TVNZ last month, explores what life is like for the females in the society.
The film depicts the day-to-day lives of the God-fearing residents living in the isolated community.
It explores life inside the male-dominated sect, where women have only one purpose in life, to marry, maintain a house and have children.
Once young women finish school, they are made to spend their days cleaning the home, while they wait for a group of older men to determine who they will marry.
The community’s men do more physical chores like building and working in factories, however a small few women train as teachers or midwives.
Content retrieved from: https://au.news.yahoo.com/women-secluded-christian-nz-cult-035949483.html.
