The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives (Hulu) follows a group of young TikTok moms, MomTok, who get caught in the midst of a swinging sex scandal that makes international headlines. There is even an arrest in the very first episode! But how does this group of young wives, many of whom no longer practice the faith, even GET here? We explore the base of the tenets of High Control Religion that draws a connecting line to everything that we see unfold on screen.

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