Women
Women-oriented posts about the female experience in the LDS Church, motherhood, feminism, etc...
By: The Baron
...came from my wife, after listening to Elder Richard D. Scott's talk on Saturday.
By: The Baron
At the recently concluded Sunstone conference, writer Holly Welker criticized the popular LDS short “Johnny Lingo” (not strictly speaking an LDS film as it has no true LDS content, but was produced by BYU in 1969)
(This post will assume readers are somewhat familiar with the content of the Johnny Lingo short—featuring Johnny, his future wife Mahana, and eight cows. Summaries of the plot can be found in the linked article above… The 2003 movie about Johnny Lingo is similar in details but not quite the same story—this article focuses on the original 1969 short)
By: The Baron
When discussions of polygamy arise, most people seem to be clear on two things:
- Polygamy oppresses women
- Polygamy is men’s wildest dream come true.
Allow me to anoint myself the representative for all mankind (literally, ‘man’-kind), and tell you something that may shock and surprise you: men don’t want polygamy.
By: The Baron
Here in the 21st century, it is interesting to note how the ever-present march of advancing modern technology has influenced the Church. In comparison to the 19th century--or even 20 years ago--technological advances have provided a wealth of changes to the Church experience.
By: The Baron
Imagine two women:
By: The Baron
…as theorized by a statistical analysis here (mentioned in this thread at T&S) How should one react to that?
By: Téa
It's the first time I'd ever seen the Bishop stop a meeting to clarify and correct doctrine. It was a few minutes after another first: me skipping out on a meeting to report to him what had happened.
Misguided, well-meaning, confused, there are all sorts of 'polite' words one can use in this situation. I adore my Bishop's plainspoken style--Brother B was just WRONG. But I am getting ahead of myself by about 20 minutes, so let's rewind.
By: Stady Canton
Honestly, I'm not sure if I should be writing this. I could wait for the report from my friends who went to the release party at Changing Hands last night.
But I can't--my seams are stretched enough--I have to get this out there now.
Here's why:
By: The Baron
Kaimi asks whether it's hypocritical for the Church to oppose same-sex marriage on a 'marriage = one man and one woman' basis, given its polygamous history.
Is it contradictory to oppose gay marriage while allowing (in principle) for polygamy? Not at all: polygamy does not, in fact, violate the 'marriage = one man and one woman' principle.
By: Starfoxy
So, over at fMh a commenter named Whitney said this:
"I asked a question about how women can consider themselves active members of a patriarchal system and also consider themselves feminists."
I gave her a snarky answer, but then thought that it wasn't very nice and decided to tackle her question in earnest. I do consider myself a feminist, sometimes I even consider myself a radical feminist.
By: Starfoxy
Like many others, I dated a few people that were not good matches for me. Most of the people I dated were good guys, we just had different expectations, needs, and priorities. However, one of the people I dated exhibited abusive tendencies. I did not see his behavior as such and nearly married him. Even though I didn't marry him, the time I spent with him took a heavy toll on my self-esteem and changed my life for the worse in many ways. He never crossed the line into outright abuse (physical or emotional), and so I have hope that his marriage is a happy one. But this post isn't about him, it's about Curtis.