The Kabalarian philosophy: Charismatic control and sexual convictions
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Abstract
Operating in relative anonymity throughout its seventy year long history,nthe Kabalarian Philosophy is a Canadian New Religious Movement that becamenknown to the public during the much publicized criminal trial of its most recentnleader, Ivon Shearing. Charged with twenty counts of sexually based offensesnincluding rape, indecent assault, and sexual assault, a jury found Shearing guiltynof sexually violating the rights of many of his female devotees. The violencenShearing perpetrated against his own members in a religious setting brought tonthe forefront several interesting dynamics and questions, including Shearing'snability to convince members to submit to his sexual demands. To revealnShearing's exploitative actions, the contributing factors that enabled him tonengage in abusive behavior for twenty years need critical analysis and detailednunderstanding. This study, therefore, explores the theoretical models thatncharacterize and outline charisma and charismatic authority, sexual violence, andnpower differentials that coalesced to give rise to an environment where IvonnShearing was able to sexually manipulate his followers.n While the theoretical models do help in creating a model potentiallyncapable of predicting situations of sexual violence, the Kabalarian Philosophy'sncase identifies a significant obstacle in establishing a foolproof predictive model:nmembers gave no outward indications that they were in a sexually abusivenenvironment. The failure to be able to apply a predictive model of violence in thenKabalarians' case, however, does present the opportunity to explore thenbreakdown of control within the movement that led to outside agenciesndiscovering the ongoing abuse. Moreover, the research gained when examiningnthe Kabalarian Philosophy also shows how Shearing used his charismaticnauthority and control to demand adherence to his unconventional rituals.n By relying on reputedly esoteric doctrine to ultimately justify his actions.nShearing was able to imbue profane acts with an aura of sacred importancenconvincingly. Since the image of perfection Shearing portrayed was so skillfullynmaintained, had the internal controls restricting members' interaction with eachnother not waned, his secretive abuse could have continued indefinitely. Thisnanalysis explores each of the elements and unique features of the KabalariannPhilosophy to see how Ivon Shearing was able to manipulate the movement'snteachings and beliefs to engage in the sexual exploitation and abuse of hisnfemale devotees.n
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Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.004 | 0.008 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.005 | 0.033 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.004 | 0.002 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.004 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.004 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
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