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Cults manage to shift people’s beliefs rapidly away from the broader society and away from the beliefs they had before they joined. The second thing I emphasize is that cult members act against their own interests and their families’ interests quite strikingly.

Another one is how dissent is handled. Cults often prevent people from coordinating against the leader by making it really hard for anyone to dissent or to find other people who disagree. It’s not acceptable to say anything against the group or criticize the group in any way

This was especially true of women in fields such as social sciences, education, and humanities. By contrast, participants who worked in STEM [science, technology, engineering, and mathematics] were more likely to critique social justice efforts associated with being woke.”

2023: Rapid-onset gender dysphoria is four times more common among those assigned female [sic] at birth than male (82.8%). The average age for coming out as trans to parents was 15.2 years. Almost two-thirds (62.5%) had a prior mental health disorder or neurodevelopment disability diagnosis.