AMISH: How Growing Up in the Strictest Settlement Led to Drugs and Sex Work

Cults to Consciousness

Apr 5 2024 • 1 hr 20 mins

*Content Warning: sexual assault, rape, prostitution, attempted murder* Due to lack of education when she left the strict Swartzentruber settlement, Naomi slipped into exotic dancing, prostitution, drugs, and almost getting murdered.  In this episode, she opens up about her trials and tribulations with growing up Amish, her dark reality afterward, and eventually finding the light at the end of the tunnel.

Naomi’s book: The Amazing Adventures of an Amish Stripper

Find and support Naomi:
IG & TT:  @AmishInspiration
https://www.instagram.com/AmishInspiration
https://www.tiktok.com/@amishinspiration

  • How strict Swartzentruber Amish are raised
  • Naomi's exposure to the outside world
  • Swartzentruber Amish Purity Culture
  • How the Amish talk about pregnancy
  • TW: SA, Rape Frequency in Amish Communities
  • TW: SA Correlation To Sex Education
  • Sleeping In The Same Bed Before Marriage
  • Buying English Panties For The First Time
  • The Amish Time Of The Month
  • Naomi's relationship with her parents
  • When Naomi started to rebel / first sexual experience
  • Naomi decides to leave the settlement
  • TW: Prostitution
  • Naomi moves states with her boyfriend
  • Naomi finds ways to make money
  • TW: Naomi's first exotic dancing experience
  • Naomi's Empowerment With Her Sexuality
  • Did Naomi feel like she had no other option than to dance?
  • Naomi's first time with a woman and other "why not" moments
  • TW: Drugs, Prostitution
  • TW: Attempted murder
  • Naomi moves to California and moves on
  • Naomi decides to go to college
  • Naomi's Experience With Polyamory
  • Naomi's Powerful Statement
  • How is Naomi doing now?

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Theme Song Produced and Composed by Christian Guevara

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