On the Sexist Nature of Benevolent Patriarchy
Last Friday Modern Mormon Men featured two alternative viewpoints on patriarchy: “modern patriarchy” and “reluctant patriarchy.” I was wary of reading the piece on “modern patriarchy”
Last Friday Modern Mormon Men featured two alternative viewpoints on patriarchy: “modern patriarchy” and “reluctant patriarchy.” I was wary of reading the piece on “modern patriarchy”
I, like many, dread the weeks we talk about gender roles at church. These conversations are often trite and repetitive and serve to alienate those
I know there are bishops out there who are aware that women don’t have as many opportunities to serve in ward leadership as men do,
Often when I think of the term “other”, I usually automatically denote a sense of secondary status, if only because something previous or following the
by TopHat (TopHat blogs at With Your Mutual Approbation and the bee in your bonnet. She has 2 children who take up her knitting time, but she
A few years ago I delivered a meal of Cornish Pasties to a woman in my ward who just had a baby. A few weeks
Kmillicam’s post about Gender Bias in the Book of Mormon, and the DoM podcast that inspired her post, got me thinking about other ways that language
The Evolution of Eve Collage with Michelangelo’s Eve by Herb Greene In an ever increasing fascination with the principles and teachings behind yoga, I’ve been
It’s been nearly 10 years since I got my bachelor’s degree in Political Science from BYU. And while I was 3 months pregnant with my
I think it’s safe to say we’ve all done it at some point. If you’ve escaped the lure of an argument or heated debate, you’d
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