Inside the home of one family living the Quiverfull lifestyle

February 7, 2016

Jennifer Flanders, a mother of 12, defends gender roles in her conservative Christian household

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Inside the home of one family living the Quiverfull lifestyle

The Quiverfull movement has been accused of encouraging patriarchal sexism and domestic abuse. But Jennifer Flanders, a conservative Christian and mother of 12, challenges the assumption that she and other Quiverfull women have been brainwashed; she stresses that the lifestyle choice was fully hers. In this excerpt from America Tonight, correspondent Adam May visits the Flanderses to talk about their lifestyle and gender roles.


 

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