Cults reject the term, and prefer to call themselves "new religious movements' instead. They prevent individuality by having strict dress codes and daily schedules for each member. Living in a cult is like living in a dormitory. The group shares the few possessions the cult has, such as the car or television set. Very few members have personal possessions.

There are mainly two types of cults. One type is a group who shares unpopular or banned religious beliefs. They join together in secret for comfort or safety. They just want to be accepted by the world. Other groups are violent and fight against the community and laws. An example of this type of group is the Mafia.

"The sense of community and purpose that cults offer fills a void in the lives of young people searching for direction and

In order to use forceful deprogramming, the cult member must first be removed from the group. Parents try to get court orders to have custody of the member for a certain amount of time, but these are very hard to get and are only for a limited amount of time. Some parents hire people to kidnap their kids in order to get them deprogrammed. The deprogrammers use phychological techniques, similar to what the cult used, under pressure to counter-act what the cult did and to restore the original attitude. Deprogrammers also help to break ties with friendships that occurred within the cult. Some people would act like the deprogrammer convinced them until they were released and then they simply re-joined the cult.

expected to carry out the leader's orders. In the issue of Men vs. Women, the men are dominant over the women, and the women are assigned supporting roles.

Children in cults are taught about the cult's standards and beliefs at an early age. They are often sheltered from the outside world and made to believe it is 'impure'. They are usually schooled inside the cult. In cults discipline is strict, and if misbehavior occurs, the punishments are harsh even for young children. The children are cared for by all different members of the cult so that from an early age they begin to think of the whole cult as their family. Children who have been born, raised, and educated in a cult may have fears about the outside world and society outside the cult, since they have been taught that life outside the cult is impure.

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