She was monitored day and night by two “buddies,” girls who’d been there awhile and knew the drill. They accompanied her to the shower and toilet, and introduced her to a life of communal isolation and rigid discipline. Girls were not allowed to converse except from 6 to 9 p.m. each Friday. They were not allowed contact with their families during their first month, or with anyone else for six months. By that time, Roxy said, most girls are “broken,” having been told that their families have abandoned them, and that the world outside is a sinful, dangerous place where girls who leave are murdered or raped.
Kandahar? Lahore? Basra? No, this is what a Christian conservative future would look like in the good ol’ USA. Can you imagine life under Bachmann, Palin or Perry? This is a modern horror story that goes back generations. American Taliban? You betcha.
