The Daughters

Joanna Adams

An audio documentary featuring the stories of those who were a part of the patriarchal Stay at Home Daughter movement. The Stay at Home Daughter movement held to the basic premise that women even well into adulthood should not leave their father’s house, but stay under his household and authority. This is often included with the idea that women do not need to, nor should they, pursue a career outside of the home since living and serving in the home is of the highest honor. The documentary aims to tell the stories of women who have left this movement and the affect it had on them.

  1. 01/15/2024

    Part 4 - Leaving the Stay at Home Daughter Movement

    In this fourth and final episode, the five women we have followed explain what it took to cause them to leave the Stay at Home Daughter movement and reminiscence on the aspects of the movement they miss and their thoughts on it now looking back in from the outside. The Daughters is an audio documentary exploring the way the Stay at Home Daughter movement - the idea that daughters should never leave the covering of their fathers until and unless they are married - affected those who grew up in it, including in their relationships, careers, education choices, emotions, dress, and religious choices. The documentary is open to those affected by this movement - both positive and negative. Rebekah Hargraves is a Bible Teacher and Arthur at Hargraves Home and Hearth - Living out Biblical Womanhood in Light of the Gospel. You can find her on her website: ⁠⁠https://www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/⁠⁠ Emily Elizabeth Anderson runs a Trauma Recovery Advocacy & Resources group. She describes her goal as helping victims of domestic violence, spiritual abuse, and physical and emotional trauma heal from the past and fill the gap between surviving and thriving. Emily can be reached on ⁠⁠https://www.thrivingforward.org/⁠⁠ To learn more about the movement and project visit: ⁠⁠https://www.thedaughtersdocu.com/⁠⁠ AUDIO/SOUND Production: Jake Musiker WRITING EDITOR: Shalom Baer Gee Sources: Ingersoll, J. (2014, June 17). Doug Phillips’ biblical patriarchy scandal moves to the courts. HuffPost. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/doug-phillips-biblical-patriarchy_b_5151442 New charges allege religious leader, who has ties to the Duggars ... (n.d.). https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/01/06/new-charges-allege-religious-leader-who-has-ties-to-the-duggars-sexually-abused-women/ Wikimedia Foundation. (2024, January 1). Vision Forum. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision_Forum#cite_note-HuffPo-1 Yahoo! (n.d.). What was Bill Gothard accused of? inside sexual abuse claims against Duggar IBLP religious leader. Yahoo! https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bill-gothard-accused-inside-sexual-194402162.html

    34 min
  2. 01/06/2024

    Part 2 - Exploring the History and Beliefs of the Stay at Home Daughter Movement

    What were the ideas propelling forward the Stay at Home Daughter movement and who were the leaders? In this episode, we do a deep dive into the theology and philosophies that drove women to pursue a life of protection instead of explore the outside world. The Daughters is an audio documentary exploring the way the Stay at Home Daughter movement - the idea that daughters should never leave the covering of their fathers until and unless they are married - affected those who grew up in it, including in their relationships, careers, education choices, emotions, dress, and religious choices. The documentary is open to those affected by this movement - both positive and negative. Rebekah Hargraves is a Bible Teacher and Arthur at Hargraves Home and Hearth - Living out Biblical Womanhood in Light of the Gospel. You can find her on her website: https://www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/ Emily Elizabeth Anderson runs a Trauma Recovery Advocacy & Resources group. She describes her goal as helping victims of domestic violence, spiritual abuse, and physical and emotional trauma heal from the past and fill the gap between surviving and thriving. Emily can be reached on https://www.thrivingforward.org/ To learn more about the movement and project visit: https://www.thedaughtersdocu.com/ AUDIO/SOUND Production: Jake Musiker WRITING EDITOR: Shalom Baer Gee Sources: Botkin, A. S., & Botkin, E. (2007). So much more: The remarkable influence of visionary daughters on the Kingdom of God. Vision Forum, Inc. Institute in Basic Life Principles. (1984). Training Faithful Men Resources Manual. IBLP Publications. Institute in Basic Life Principles. (2023b, October 17). About - Institute in basic life principles. https://iblp.org/about/ NBCUniversal News Group. (n.d.). Ministry that once nourished Duggar family’s faith falls from Grace. NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ministry-nourished-duggar-familys-faith-falls-grace-rcna14024 Ohlheiser, A. (2022, May 12). An Infidelity Scandal Just Shuttered a Major 'Biblical Patriarchy' Organization. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/11/infidelity-scandal-just-shuttered-major-biblical-patriarchy-organization/355143/ Pearl, D. (2004). In Created to be His Helpmeet (p. 163). essay, No Greater Joy Ministries. The Return of the Daughters. [DVD]. 2007. The Western Conservancy of the Arts and Sciences.

    29 min
  3. 01/04/2024

    Part 1 - Navigating Relationships in the Stay at Home Daughter Movement

    A wrong view of women? In this episode, five women who grew up as Stay at Home Daughters explain the challenges they experienced developing relationships in the movement. They elaborate on the strict dating requirements of the movement otherwise known as courtship and the influence the leaders (including Bill Gothard & Doug Phillips) of the movement held over families. The Daughters is an audio documentary exploring the way the Stay at Home Daughter movement - the idea that daughters should never leave the covering of their fathers until and unless they are married - affected those who grew up in it, including in their relationships, careers, education choices, emotions, dress, and religious choices. The documentary is open to those affected by this movement - both positive and negative. Rebekah Hargraves is a Bible Teacher and Arthur at Hargraves Home and Hearth - Living out Biblical Womanhood in Light of the Gospel. You can find her on her website: https://www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/ Emily Elizabeth Anderson runs a Trauma Recovery Advocacy & Resources group. She describes her goal as helping victims of domestic violence, spiritual abuse, and physical and emotional trauma heal from the past and fill the gap between surviving and thriving. Emily can be reached on https://www.thrivingforward.org/ To learn more about the movement and project visit: https://www.thedaughtersdocu.com/ AUDIO/SOUND Production: Jake Musiker WRITING EDITOR: Shalom Baer Gee Sources: Beahm, A. (2022, October 4). A conversation with Joshua Harris on “I kissed dating goodbye.” Reckon. ⁠https://www.reckon.news/news/2020/12/a-conversation-with-joshua-harris-on-i-kissed-dating-goodbye.html ⁠ HARRIS, J. (2003). In I kissed dating goodbye. foreword, MULTNOMAH Publishers. Karen Swallow Prior, guest blogger. (2010, December 20). What is the stay-at-home daughters movement?. ChristianityToday.com. ⁠https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2010/decemberweb-only/what-is-stay-at-home-daughters-movement.html ⁠ Zylstra, S. E. (2016a, January 8). More women sue Bill Gothard and IBLP, alleging sexual abuse. News & Reporting. https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2016/january/more-women-sue-bill-gothard-iblp-alleging-sexual-abuse.html

    35 min

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An audio documentary featuring the stories of those who were a part of the patriarchal Stay at Home Daughter movement. The Stay at Home Daughter movement held to the basic premise that women even well into adulthood should not leave their father’s house, but stay under his household and authority. This is often included with the idea that women do not need to, nor should they, pursue a career outside of the home since living and serving in the home is of the highest honor. The documentary aims to tell the stories of women who have left this movement and the affect it had on them.