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Mormonism and gender issues/Women/Role in the Church
Mormonism and women's issues—Role in the Church
Topics
The role of women in the Church
Priesthood
Summary: Why do women not exercise priesthood authority in the Church?- Did Joseph ordain women to the priesthood—
Brief Summary: Did Joseph Smith ordain or plan to ordain women to the priesthood in the early days of the Church? (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Did Joseph ordain women to the priesthood—
Married and Single
Summary: Some people claim that the Church devalues those who are not married and those who are childless.As prophets anciently
Summary: The Old and New Testaments talk of women prophets. Why are there no women prophets in the church today?Are Mormon women taught to be subservient to men?
Summary: In an unpublished paper “Mormon Women, Prozac, and Therapy," by Kent Ponder (copyrighted 2003, readily available on the Internet), the idea is put forward that women in the LDS church are taught to be “subservient” to men and are considered “eternally unalterable second-class.” Among some of its more colorful statements are the claims that women are expected to be “gratefully subservient to Mormon males” and that women must “not aspire…to independent thought.”Women praying in church
Summary: Can women open Church meetings with prayer?
Videos
The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace, Andrea Radke, 2004 FAIR Conference
- Part 1: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 2: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 3: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 4: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
- Part 5: The Place of Mormon Women: Perceptions, Prozac, Polygamy, Priesthood, Patriarchy, and Peace
The Lives of Mormon Women, Claudia Bushman, 2006 FAIR Conference