The Dark Side of Growing Up a Girl in the Mormon Church ft. Jennie Gage

Known for her uncensored TikTok @lifetaketwo, Jennie Gage expresses the dark side of being raised in the Mainstream Mormon church. She was groomed to be a stay at home wife and mother, with so much emphasis placed on virtue and virginity. When she was assaulted at 14, she was told to repent and read a book authored by a high LDS authority which said she would be better off dead than without her virtue. When she didn’t succeed, she gave her life even more to the church and when leaders, years later, told her to marry a man/stranger who had also just taken advantage of her, she called off her engagement to the love of her life and complied. Though devout and active members of the church, her parents were not allowed to attend her temple wedding due to extreme poverty making them unable to pay tithing. 

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Watch pt 2 here: https://youtu.be/n_N_P5RHhfM?si=dHeLa0ROKsXkRDU3

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Chapter Marks

00:00:00 Intro

00:03:40 The meaning behind Jennie's TikTok handle "Life Take Two"

00:05:04 It starts with Jennie's parents' involvement with the Mormon Church (mother devout, father a non believer)

00:11:39 Jennie's mother and father's different stances on pre martial s*x

00:13:08 Growing up with Mormon purity culture and object lessons

00:16:37 Thin line between needing to be attractive, and being considered a "sIut"

00:22:29 The Mormon men in her college past not respecting boundaries

00:24:50 14 yr old Jennie's mother reads her diary, and blames her for a boy forces himself on her

00:27:42 Jennie goes to see the bishop, is blamed and reprimanded

00:29:33 As penance, Jennie has to read The Miracle of Forgiveness

00:30:27 TW: Suic*de attempt

00:32:06 An LDS therapist is assigned to Jennie, mom explains the attempt was worse than the r*pe for her salvation

00:35:28 More pun*shment came in the form of public shaming

00:39:04 The No-Kissing pack Jennie made when she went off to college

00:41:13 Jennie dated a lot in college

00:42:37 Jennie felt she had no other choice than being a wife and mother

00:44:35 Jennie's BYU counselor advised she take "Marriage and Dating" class

00:46:21 2 months after college Jennie had her first marriage proposal

00:49:18 Jennie's fiancé went to serve a mission, and she never saw him again

00:53:46 What caused Jennie to break off the engagement

00:55:31 How Jennie felt she was indoctrinated

00:58:38 How a stranger replaced himself as her fiancé, and married her within 6 weeks

01:15:28 Jennie's parents weren't allowed to attend the temple ceremony because they were behind on tithing

01:21:44 What pt 2 to Jennie's story looks like

01:25:03 Linda, listen

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