Cultic Studies Journal, Vol. 14, No. 1, 1997, page 2
Women Under the Influence:
A Study of Women’s Lives in Totalist Groups
Guest Editor
Janja Lalich
Community Resources on Influence &Control
Alameda, California
Introduction: “We Own Her Now” 4
Janja Lalich
Dominance and Submission: The Psychosocial Exploitation 6
of Women in Cults
Janja Lalich
Gender Attributes That Affect Women‟s Attraction to and 17
Involvement in Cults
Shelly Rosen
Mothers in Cults: The Influence of Cults on the Relationship 28
Of Mothers to their Children
Alexandra Stein
Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups 38
A Collective of Women
No Place to Go: Life in a Prison Without Bars 54
Katherine E. Betz
Wifely Subjection: Mental Health Issues in Jehovah‟s 67
Witnesses Women
Kaynor J. Weishaupt &Michael D. Stensland
Working with Women Survivors of Cults: An Empowerment 90
Model for Counselors
Penny Dahlen
Book Reviews
Traveller in Space: In Search of Female Identity in 96
Tibetan Buddhism by June Campbell
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart
Daughters of the Goddess: The Women Saints of India 97
by Linda Johnsen
Reviewer: Joseph Kelly
Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: 98
Women’s Roles in New Religions
by Susan Jean Palmer
Reviewer: Janja Lalich
Women Under the Influence:
A Study of Women’s Lives in Totalist Groups
Guest Editor
Janja Lalich
Community Resources on Influence &Control
Alameda, California
Introduction: “We Own Her Now” 4
Janja Lalich
Dominance and Submission: The Psychosocial Exploitation 6
of Women in Cults
Janja Lalich
Gender Attributes That Affect Women‟s Attraction to and 17
Involvement in Cults
Shelly Rosen
Mothers in Cults: The Influence of Cults on the Relationship 28
Of Mothers to their Children
Alexandra Stein
Sex, Lies, and Grand Schemes of Thought in Closed Groups 38
A Collective of Women
No Place to Go: Life in a Prison Without Bars 54
Katherine E. Betz
Wifely Subjection: Mental Health Issues in Jehovah‟s 67
Witnesses Women
Kaynor J. Weishaupt &Michael D. Stensland
Working with Women Survivors of Cults: An Empowerment 90
Model for Counselors
Penny Dahlen
Book Reviews
Traveller in Space: In Search of Female Identity in 96
Tibetan Buddhism by June Campbell
Reviewer: Joseph Szimhart
Daughters of the Goddess: The Women Saints of India 97
by Linda Johnsen
Reviewer: Joseph Kelly
Moon Sisters, Krishna Mothers, Rajneesh Lovers: 98
Women’s Roles in New Religions
by Susan Jean Palmer
Reviewer: Janja Lalich
