Guest Post: Exposed
Guest Post by Jaime Clemmer, is a graduate of BYU with a degree in Psychology and Women’s Studies. She does research and training on the domestic and sexual violence cases for the Supreme Court...
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When Sedition Looks Like (Religious) Sexual Violence
Guest post by Sabrena. Sabrena is a founding member of Pillows for Prisoners (www.pillowsforprisoners.org), an organization dedicated to expanding awareness about the realities of female incarceration. P4P raises funds to gift pillows for the women at...
Does a Primary President Have Any Real Authority?
Earlier this year, my ward got a new bishopric. Not long after that, the former bishop and his first counselor were called as primary teachers. Not long after that, my husband was asked to...
Introducing Informed Consent to Bishop’s Interviews
Ethically sound research interviews must have informed consent, maintain confidentiality and undergo an Internal Review Board process to verify that psychological, social and other risks to participants are limited. Research interviews and ecclesiastical interviews...
Requests To Meet With Local Leaders
During the weeks preceding and following the recent Ordain Women action, several Mormon feminists, including me, were contacted by our stake presidents or bishops. These local leaders requested meetings with us to discuss our...
Guest Post: How Well Does the Church Handle Abuse?
butterfly on heliotrope Originally uploaded by pilgrimgirl by kmillecam It took me until I was 18 and had moved out of my house to finally wander my way into the Counseling Center at BYU....
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