• I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
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    The church I grew up in offered “yoga style stretching class” that did not have any heathen influences like gongs or deep breathing or Sanskrit names for stuff, was separated by gender, did not allow yoga pants or bare midriffs and avoided any postures that flaunted the privates. You know… to avoid giving Satan™ a foothold in your nether bits.

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      4 months ago

      do be fair, their church probably has a fair number of predators that… uh… well. look, don’t ask why they just don’t get rid of the creep, s’okay?

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        4 months ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_stair

        The missing stair is a metaphor for a person within a social group or organization who many people know is untrustworthy or otherwise has to be “managed,” but around whom the group chooses to work by discreetly warning newcomers of their behavior, rather than address the person and their behavior openly. The “missing stair” in the metaphor refers to a dangerous structural fault, such as a missing step in a staircase; a fault that people may become used to and quietly accepting of, that is not openly signposted or fixed, and that newcomers to a group or organization are warned about discreetly.