Doubling down on garments and motherhood may not keep young women in the fold
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- Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
- Without a doubt, says writer and scholar Caroline Kline, Latter-day Saint women’s leader Camille Johnson would have heard former church presidents telling working mothers to “come home” and focus on their families.
Instead, Johnson, who now heads the global Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, pursued a 30-year career as a corporate lawyer.
In this episode of “Mormon Land,” Kline, assistant director of the Center for Global Mormon Studies at Southern California’s Claremont Graduate University, explains just how radical it is that the faith’s top leaders are lauding her as a role model - and why their decision to do so may be a tough pill to swallow for some women.
Kline, author of “Mormon Women at the Crossroads: Global Narratives and the Power of Connectedness,” also breaks down what she sees as an increased anxiety by church leadership over female members’ activity and level of devotion, why their current efforts to reverse worrisome trends could backfire and what they could do instead to make women feel more at home in the faith.
I was a Mormon and I think men should be on the same plain as their wives, women should stand and take their place! Who have the children, men? I don’t think so, so respect her for keeping the church alive. I left because of the the way I saw things being done that were two faced and not doing what they preach! 32:35
Im a latterday saint and a nurse and i cant get to church every sunday but it doesn't interfere with living the church teachings no leaders have suggested i dont work most lattetday saint women work and are not looked down on
If a mother doesn't need to work her best place is a home maker no women use to go out to work years ago that includes non Latterday saints they lived without luxury
I am worried that garments reinforce the message that one's body doesn't belong to the self which can result in unhealthy consequences.
Some men wont work and the woman take all the responsibility
That's how it was with my true-blue-LDS and lifelong daily garment-wearing grandmother who kept complaining to her bishop that her husband wouldn't work and was abusing the kids. She followed every rule and stayed at home; was told to obey her husband except husband told her to get a job. Guess who got shunned after the 1950s divorce.
Its what was preached for years that smarts..really..its not like it wasnt taught..
I wonder if Camille understands how hypocritical her talk was? When the leaders called Camille to be president, the Johnson tithing/offerings checks likely blinded them from the bad optics their choice presents.
Men are leaving in droves
Relief society has celebration days and acknowledged by the work they do and Jesus had male apostles and male prophets men and women are equal in the home and decisions in the home the leaders have reverlation for the family we follow the prophet you can wear garments under yoga pants or anything and are sacred and shouldn't be disgussed in public youth want to do things with their non mormon friends on sundays but they are comming back
This guest is clearly disconnected from the realities of the overwhelming majority.