Best of FAIR 9: The Lives of Mormon Women1
Mormon Life says: Great quote: “Women should realize that the Church is a great enabler, not a hindrance."
Claudia Bushman asks, is the self sacrifice motif for women in the Church so strong that no interest and care should be taken about their own lives? She observes that “too many women in the church live passive lives. We cannot afford to do that. We have talents to multiply.”
She also addresses the role of feminism in the Church. Only a few years ago, she told a Salt Lake Tribune writer that feminism was dead and that the word itself had become so frightening that the movement was now moribund and extinguished. She nevertheless, acknowledges that there are still “many old self-described LDS feminists around.”
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bridget said...
03:06 PM
on Aug 04, 2011
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I prefer to be called a daughter of God than to be called a feminist. Mostly the problem women encounter in the church is they spend too little time getting to know the Lord and too much time doing everything else.
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