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[–]DustinM 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Page attended the Shambhala Buddhist school in Halifax. Shambhala is deeply embroiled in a sexual abuse scandal from the time Page would have been a student. This is a very small school of under 200 kids from K-12 so the chances of her being a victim is quite high. Lots of documentation here: https://andreamwinn.com/offerings/bps-welcome-page/

"Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 1 report – This is the groundbreaking report that caused Shambhala Leadership to publicly admit the widespread sexualized violence in the Shambhala community

Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 2 report – This is report led to the Kalapa Council resigning en masse and the Sakyong stepped down from all duties pending an investigation into his alleged sexual assaults.

Buddhist Project Sunshine Phase 3 report – This report detailed more serious allegations against Osel Mukpo (aka Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche), including sex with underage girls"

[–]Seahorse 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah I'm not surprised, and that's not getting into what she would have had to deal with as a young woman in Hollywood.

She's deeply troubled, I'm quite angry we've got to the point of celebrating a clearly ill person trying to disassociate.

[–]DestructionI ❤️ adult human females 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

"I was distinctly told, by people in the industry, when I started to become known: ‘People cannot know you’re gay,’ ” the 32-year-old actress, who came out in 2014, recalled during an interview with PorterEdit.

Page went on to reveal that she was also “pressured — forced in many cases — to always wear dresses and heels for events and photo shoots,"

Sauce: https://people.com/movies/ellen-page-forced-wear-dresses-before-coming-out/

And that's just from a single article I've skimmed through. There must be so much other shit, worse shit, she's went through that we'll never know about. Hollywood is tough on all of its women, but I cannot imagine the horrors a young gender non-conforming lesbian must have went through there.

[–]censorshipment 10 insightful - 6 fun10 insightful - 5 fun11 insightful - 6 fun -  (0 children)

Well damn.

[–]MarkJeffersonTight defenses and we draw the line 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Jesus. Was anything documented to have happened at this particular school? I'm listening to the CBC podcast linked there where a leader of Shambhala mentioned the removal of teachers.

What's with religions/ideologies and sexual abuse...

[–]DestructionI ❤️ adult human females 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What's with religions/ideologies and sexual abuse...

There will always be an uneven distribution of power in the leader-follower dynamic. Sickos take advantage of that.