The leader of the enclave uses his power in this environment to pursue a hidden personal agenda of predatory sexual violence. She learns to do so in the course of the story. The protagonist does not initially question the beliefs she grew up with. They are expected to live up to impossible standards and face punishment and exclusion for failing to conform and achieve - this too is abusive. This is radicalisation, which is a form of child abuse.
They are taught to believe without question in this cruel and violent society. Not all the adults who created this enclave are fully on board with the worst elements of their own ideology, but this makes very little difference to the young people who grow up in it. The deeper layers of the extremists' vile beliefs - ableism, racism, eugenics - are obvious to the reader but never directly experienced by the protagonist, who is queer, cis, non-disabled, and white. No rape ever takes place on the page, but the culture is one where rape is a permanent possibility, and some women are expected to endure reproductive rape for the purpose of bearing children who fulfil the society's needs and ideals. The initial setting is an enclave of radical extremists who adhere to ugly beliefs about human biology and especially about sex and gender: normalised sexism, homophobia, and transphobia are a consequence. (view spoiler) [SOME DESPERATE GLORY is a book about escaping from a militarised death cult. SOME DESPERATE GLORY contains sexist, homophobic, transphobic, racist & ableist attitudes, sexual assault including discussion of forced pregnancy, violence, child abuse, radicalisation as child abuse, genocide, suicidal ideation, and suicide. The long (& spoilery) version goes into more detail about the setting, context, and outcome of some of these elements within the story, in case that information is useful to you. The short version of the content note is a brief summary of some things a reader might wish to be aware of in advance.
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