Guest Post: My Story #MormonMeToo
This post is an excerpt from a letter Mahlah wrote and sent to her church leaders. by Mahlah When I was on my mission I had an experience that is to this day difficult...
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Guest Post: Spiritual Abuse Compounds Sexual Abuse #MormonMeToo
Dear Pres. Nelson, I am a survivor of abuse. I have had to work really hard to understand abuse, what causes it, and how to deal with the consequences. When I needed help the...
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...
Shhh! Don’t ask your stake president.
When I was still single, I spoke with one of my engaged friends about her recent interview with our stake president in preparation for her upcoming temple wedding. I was shocked that she had...
Same or Different?
All Mormons know that men and women are different. That is why men hold the priesthood and women don’t, right? Yet, fortunately, we are the same enough that we ladies don’t need to confess...
Three Weeks to Practice Before I Preach
About three weeks ago, I was asked to prepare a talk about teaching children to understand, based on a conference address by Cheryl A. Esplin, Second Counselor of the General Primary Presidency. Sister Esplin...
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...
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