Influence of Psycho-Cult «Vedic Femininity» on Personal Autonomy

Abstract

The article examines the problem of influence of psycho-cult «Vedic femininity» on personal autonomy of women-participants. It states that the main audience of the psycho-cult are women who are seeking to solve their personal and financial problems through participation in this psycho-cult. It gives a generalized characteristic of the phenomenon «personal autonomy» and shows that it is exactly the object for the impact of the Vedic femininity psycho-cult. The article substantiates availability of the destructive mind control by the Vedic femininity psycho-cult within the BITE-model of Hassana S. It describes the results of an empirical study on a sample of women aged 25 to 38 years studying in «Vedic femininity» schools through direct participation (seminars, lectures, trainings) and reading specialized literature, being under the influence of psycho-cult from 1 to 3 years. Comparison of the results of studying the personal autonomy of the women influenced by and of those not coming under the influence of the «Vedic femininity» psycho-cult testifies a decrease of such personal autonomy indicators among the women of the first group, such as: the level of self-determination, self-acceptance and self-respect, the level of conscious competence, the level of accepting own aggression and internal consistency of the motives, decisions and actions.