Ok, so I may be a bit late to this conversation, but I'm going to say something nonetheless. Besides that, it's not like Feminism is going away any time soon.
It's about this "wearing pants to church" bit.
Started by Mormon Child Bride with this post I believe:
http://mormonchildbride.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-dignity-of-your-womanhood.html
If you don't want to read it, it's a whole lot of malarkey about women's suffrage through the ages and how you can't just talk about the issues, you've got to DO something…like chain yourself to the White House gates. OR…wear pants to church. (I don't think she actually presents the idea in this post, it was just the beginning of her idea).
Then I ran across this blog post by C. Jane Kendrick (sister of Stephanie Nielson who authors the blog nieniedialogues.com): http://www.cjanekendrick.com/2012/12/proving-myself.html
She's latched on to this idea of wearing pants to church as something really important to do.
Honestly, when I read this post I was so embarrassed for her and for Mormon women in general who have adopted this kind of thinking.
Really, it's embarrassing and childish…which makes sense that this "movement" was started by Mormon Child Bride. Perhaps she should grow up a bit before she puts on her big girl pants.
All I could think over and over again was PLEASE, get out of Utah so you can gain some perspective.
Just out of curiosity I decided to check out C. Jane's sisters' blog to see what she was writing about on the same day that C. Jane was "Proving" herself. It was a twelve year summary about her beautiful life as a mother and being married to her husband. Not even the remotest mention of "pants".
Why not? Because she knows what matters.
In the post she wrote the day before this she said:
FYI:
I am perfectly happy and content with my role as woman
and mother in the Mormon faith. I feel fulfilled and loved.
I believe if we have a personal relationship
with God and the Savior, Jesus Christ
and we feel confident in his love for us we don't need prove anything to anyone.
This is what I am going to adamantly teach my girls.
I am perfectly happy and content with my role as woman
and mother in the Mormon faith. I feel fulfilled and loved.
I believe if we have a personal relationship
with God and the Savior, Jesus Christ
and we feel confident in his love for us we don't need prove anything to anyone.
This is what I am going to adamantly teach my girls.
Amen.
Surely this was a response to all the feminist hubbub going on around her and I don't think she could have said it better.
Ironically her sisters title post the next day was "Proving Myself".
Why does one sister feel so content and happy with her role while the other feels it necessary to "prove [her]self"?
Getting angry with the Mormon church for "inequality" is downright stupid.
Women who are truly paying attention to the things that matter will find no other church where they are more loved and respected than in this church.
You're fighting against the wrong thing.
17 comments:
Amen Sister!!
I fully agree. This is getting pretty out of hand. Some of the "Mormon Feminists" are now requesting that the Church "Prayerfully Consider" ordaining women to the Priesthood. I don't know how they can claim a testimony if they are missing the point that much.
Well said. :-)
I can't...I just CAN'T! These women are truly teh most moronic, LOST women. I want to punch them all for their immaturity and stupidity. These are also the same women who probably woulda NOT looked at the serpent on the stick when moses held it up, simply out of "principal." People are SO DUMB!!!
I think the C. Jane is an idiot just riding on the trail of her sister's tragedy. How pathetic is that?!?
The whole conversation makes me want to puke. Guess what? Men and women are different. Just take a quick peek and it quite obvious. Of course we have different roles.
Whatever happened to wearing your "Sunday Best"? Would a woman wear a pantsuit to a cocktail party or a black tie event? NO! She would wear an evening gown. I guess if you want to look and be like Hillary Clinton, then go ahead and wear pants to church. The rest of us can celebrate our femininity.
Why exactly are people using Sacrament meeting as a platform for their protesting anyway?? Call me wacky and old fashioned, but I was sorta under the impression it was to be used for covenant renewal and worshipping Jesus.
I love this post Dixie, and all the comments as well. I kind of think the term "Mormon feminist" is an oxy moron lol. How can you have a testimony of the restored gospel and also be a feminist? Don't these women realize all the destruction feminism has brought to our society over the last 100 years? Made women try to comoete with men instead of embracing their unique characteristics. Exactly why the first presidency wrote the proclamation on the family. I am grateful for a church that teaches us to embrace motherhood, and that celebrates who I am as an individual!
Oh my gosh, I had no idea any of this feminist garbage was going on. So thanks for keeping me up to date and alerting me to it. I'm just so annoyed by the whole thing (after spending WAY too much time reading about it, thanks a lot) and I want to go scream in my pillow. Seriously, my thoughts are going to vomit out of my mouth and it's not going to be pretty. I agree with everyone else who commented on your post...but also, after reading CJane's nonsense (truly, I used to read her blog all the time but about a year ago I just couldn't handle it anymore) I was left thinking that here she is trying to argue the fact that women are as good as men and sister missionaries should serve 24 months, too, and yada yada and I'm wondering where the whole Prophet receiving revelation for the church comes in. Sometimes we have faith even though we don't understand and really if these feminists could back to basics (referring to Lana's comment) all this would be done. True, the prophet isn't revelating about wearing pants to church or not...but the pants to church thing is just the beginning of a slippery slope. Men and women are not the same. Thank goodness. The end. Ack! Thanks for the Friday morning scream session. It's nutty.
Amen! My thoughts exactly.
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I agree with you 100%. The whole pants thing is completely stupid. I say, "get a life". I love being a woman and love everything that being a woman entails. If you don't get it, you haven't been going to the LDS church, or haven't been listening when you are at church!
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I was reading a Women's Conference talk the other day about obedience. The author talked about how if people REALLY knew and understood the nature of God, they would have no problem whatsoever being obedient to His teachings or the teachings of His prophets. Her argument was so simplistic, and made so much sense. Here is God, who has INFINITE knowledge and wisdom, someone who created worlds without number, who knows and loves us perfectly. And here is mankind, trying to muddle through existence with our limited knowledge and understanding. And sometimes not the best intentions. Why on earth should we NOT put our trust in God? He knows who we are, what will bring us the greatest happiness, not just for now, but for eternity. His plan is the best. Some people lose sight of that and find things to take issue with. Which to me, just says that they need to spend a little more time strengthening their testimony so they can learn to trust in God.
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