Smash the Plate-riarchy: A New Feminist Ritual
I grew up hearing the legend about the early Mormon pioneer women who sacrificed their china to be smashed up for the plaster on the Kirtland temple. I imagine it was told as...
Category: Gender
It Is Women Who Uphold Patriarchy
I recently read an article about the levels of sexist attitudes of different religious groups. The participants were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with six statements that are “measures of modern sexism,” and...
#hearLDSwomen: There Was No Recourse for Me on My Mission When My Zone Leaders Exercised Unrighteous Dominion
When, on my mission, my zone leader demanded that I sing a duet with my companion at the next zone conference. I don’t sing, and I asked him multiple times if I *had* to....
#hearLDSwomen: As Stake RS President, I Was Reprimanded by My Stake President for Sharing a Link to the Gospel Topics Essay About Joseph’s Polygamy
My grandmother wrote a manuscript for a book about Emma Smith decades before any of the more recent, honest biographies while she was Associate Editor of the Relief Society Magazine. She was told that...
#hearLDSwomen: My Bishop Calls People–Even My Own Husband–to Primary Without Consulting Me, the Primary President
Today was hard. I’m the Primary president and struggle with a bishopric that will randomly call people to Primary without my knowing at all. It’s like they throw people my way and more or...
#hearLDSwomen: In My Ward, Women Can’t Use the Church or Hold a Young Women Activity Anywhere Without a Man Present
Once or twice when I was leaving the Phoenix temple at night, a random man came up to me and said it was his duty to walk me to my car. That temple is...
#hearLDSwomen: When My Husband Was Inactive, My Bishop Told Me I’d Never Hold Important Callings
Recently, I was sealed to and married to a wonderful man whose parents had different relationships with the church. His father is a strong, wonderful man who struggles with his faith. His mother is...
Reflections on 10 Years of the Mormon Women Project
By Meredith Marshall Nelson A decade after Neylan McBaine founded the Mormon Women Project, we have collected 265 long form interviews of Latter-day Saint women from 47 different countries around the globe. These...
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