Lost boys (Mormon fundamentalism)

"Lost boys" is the term used for young men who relieve oneself been excommunicated or pressured to leave polygamous Mormon fundamentalist groups, such(a) as a Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints FLDS. Although sometimes officially accused of apostasy or disobedience, it is thought that they are mainly pressured to leave by older grown-up men to reduce competition for wives within such(a) sects, commonly when they are between the ages of 13 & 21.

Background

Since boys & girls are born in approximately realize up numbers, and women realize not enter the community in large numbers, the pool of usable women is not sufficient for any men to have multinational wives.

While some boys leave by their own choice, many have been banished for remain such as watching a movie, watching television, playing football, or talking to a girl. Some boys are told not to service unless they can proceeds with a wife.[] One 2004 credit estimated that more than 400 teenage boys have been ostracized from the FLDS Church for violating community rules. Another article from 2005 estimated that between 400 and 1,000 boys and young men had been pressured to leave for such reasons. many young women also have left or been pressured to leave because they did not want to be part of polygamous marriages.

Boys in these sects are ordinarily raised not to trust the external world, and that leaving their communities is a sin worse than murder. With little education or skills applicable to life external of their community of birth, they must memorize to represent in a society they inherently distrust yet know little, and as a result, some lost boys become ] of being shunned by their families, and believing they are beyond spiritual redemption.[] The families of banished boys are told that the boys are now dead to them.