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|summary=In an unpublished paper “Mormon Women, Prozac, and Therapy," by Kent Ponder (copyrighted 2003, readily available on the Internet), the idea is put forward that women in the LDS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.” | |summary=In an unpublished paper “Mormon Women, Prozac, and Therapy," by Kent Ponder (copyrighted 2003, readily available on the Internet), the idea is put forward that women in the LDS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.” | ||
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Mormonism and women's issues
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As prophets anciently
Summary: The Old and New Testaments talk of women prophets. Why are there no women prophets in the church today?Childbearing
Summary: Some claim that LDS teachings about childbearing put an improper burden on LDS families, especially women.Birth control
Summary: What is the stance of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on birth control?Role in the Church
- Priesthood—
Brief Summary: Why do women not exercise priesthood authority in the Church? (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Marriage—
Brief Summary: Some critics charge that the LDS Church devalues those who are not married and those who are childless. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Church over Family?—
Brief Summary: Some former Church members claim the time commitments that went with their involvement in Church service encouraged them to neglect their families. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Priesthood—