Exponent II Blog is a feminist forum for women and gender minorities across the Mormon spectrum.
Sustaining a male General Authority is mandatory in our church; sustaining a woman leader is more of a grey area.
This year–
in the year 2024–
my bishop asked my husband
First
Before extending a calling to me.
I was worried when the dates of the Manti Temple open house were announced. I had been worried since March of 2021, when announcements from
Sarah Bessey writes in Jesus Feminist: An Invitation to Revisit the Bible’s View of Women: “I’m through wasting my time with debates about women-should-do-this and
“How different would things have played out for me had this new policy been in place when I was the too-young woman, just shy of
“A woman read Jesus’s lines. The congregation read the lines of the crowd wanting to crucify their Lord. A woman blessed the bread and water.
Today is Palm Sunday, the beginning of Holy Week, the last week of Christ’s mortal ministry. Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem, where
“Women in the LDS church have more power and authority than other churches … just not enough to pass a sacrament tray around a room.
“The bottom line is that, unless Sister Dennis’ quote is defined very, very narrowly, it does not ring true. It is no wonder that those
A woman who wants to be endowed is dependent on persuading multiple male authority figures that she is worthy to make temple covenants. But at
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