Should We Tell Girls They Are Beautiful?
This question was sparked when I saw a Deseret News article a couple of months ago called “50 Rules for Dads of Daughters.” Most of the suggestions seemed pretty innocuous, some veered toward saccharine,...
Author: Caroline
Voices from the Exponent Email List: Meeting With the Bishop
Here at the Exponent, we have some interesting conversations on our blogger email list. We decided that it could be fun to do a series highlighting some of these threads. Recently we were talking...
Guest Post: And Then She Blessed Me
by Jen About a year ago I was overwhelmed by the prospect of applying to graduate school. Although it had always been a part of my plan when I returned to finally finish my...
Elder Christofferson’s Remarks on Manhood: Feminist Reflections
From Elder Todd Christofferson, who according to Peggy Fletcher Stack’s report in the Salt Lake Tribune, discussed men, women, and manhood during the Priesthood Session, including the following: “In their zeal to promote opportunity...
Changing Missionary Age: Pros and Cons from a Feminist Perspective
This morning during General Conference we learned that a new policy is in place for age of missionary service. Men can now go at 18 and women can now go at 19. What are...
Catholic/Mormon Dialogue on Women’s Ordination
FYI for those of you in Southern California. This looks like it will be a fascinating evening. (This announcement is copied from the blog Feminism and Religion.) The Catholic/Mormon Dialogue on Women’s Ordination at Claremont...
How Do You Feel About the Relief Society Manuals?
I was recently reading a Mormon woman’s oral history. This woman was in her seventies, and was nostalgic about the old Relief Society manuals, the ones from the 90s and before that were specifically...
Relief Society Lesson 20: Temporal Salvation for Ourselves and Others
Intro: This is the seal of the Relief Society. Why do you think these shafts of wheat were used as symbols of the Relief Society? The most long-lived of the society’s economic enterprises...
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