The Mennonite community that is depicted in Women Talking is extremely secluded, and adheres strictly to traditions. Ultimately, the defendants were sentenced to 25 years in prison. It was revealed that a sleeping anesthetic used on animals was the source of the drugging. 150 women testified during the trial, and many reported that they had been either threatened or stalked after giving their testimony. In 2011, seven Mennonite men in Bolivia were arrested for over 130 reported rapes police reports indicated that the number of victims is likely even greater. She felt that it was important to tell the story of the survivors because she could have easily been among the victims. It was a very personal story for Towes she left a Mennonite community town in Manitoba, Canada when she turned 18. Although the book, Women Talking, is inspired by the real drugging and assault of women in an ultraconservative religious community between 20, Towes has described it as an “imagined response” to the crimes. Women Talking is loosely based on the 2018 novel of the same name by Miriam Toews.
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Ona ( Rooney Mara), Salome ( Claire Foy), and Mariche ( Jessie Buckley) lead a group of discussions to determine what their next course of action is. Women Talking follows a community of eight women that live in an isolated Mennonite community that discover that they have all been being sexually assaulted.
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