In a recent broadcast, one of the top female leaders of the Mormon church made the following statement, “There is no other religious organization in the world that I know of, that has so broadly given power and authority to women.” (J. Anette Dennis, 1st Counselor in the LDS Church Relief Society General Presidency). Please join Amy McPhie Allebest (Breaking Down Patriarchy), Chelsea Homer (Lost & Found Club) and musical artist Mindy Gledhill as they discuss their reactions to this statement, and their experiences as women in the LDS/Mormon church. Episode Show Notes: https://www.mormonstories.org/portfolio-items/lds-women-authority/ Breaking Down Patriarchy: https://www.youtube.com/@breakingdownpatriarchy Lost & Found Club: https://www.lostandfound.club/ Mindy Gledhill: https://mindy-gledhill.myshopify.com/ Chapters 00:00:00 Beginning 00:01:30 Introductions 00:06:00 Clip of Sister Dennis’ quote 00:06:43 Mindy’s reaction 00:10:30 Hurtful waves of statements and the feedback 00:14:04 Amy comparing women’s priesthood to Chucky cheese tokens 00:16:25 Gaslighting 00:19:35 The sexism in the Mormon temple 00:22:50 Changes in the temple 00:25:25 Giving the benefit of the doubt to the Brethren 00:27:10 Benevolent sexism 00:29:55 The church has both misogyny and benevolent sexism 00:32:24 Being a helpmeet to the husband 00:37:00 The silence of the patriarchy through the cries of their people 00:41:15 We will be passing this on to the leaders who track these issues 00:42:16 Breadcrumbs given to women 00:44:45 Trying to enact change in the church 00:48:31 Mindy wearing pants to church 00:50:05 Would giving women the priesthood change anything? 00:54:20 Severing women from their sexuality 00:58:15 Speaking up and challenging the patriarchy 01:06:35 Why are they participating in this conversation if they’ve stepped away? 01:14:55 What do you want? 01:20:15 Closing comments Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https://streamyard.com/pal/d/4530951114981376 ___________________ At Mormon Stories we explore, celebrate, and challenge Mormon culture through in-depth stories told by members and former members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as well as scholars, authors, LDS apologists, and other professionals. Our overall mission is to: 1. Facilitate informed consent amongst LDS Church members, investigators, and non-members regarding Mormon history, doctrine, and theology 2. Support Mormons (and members of other high-demand religions) who are experiencing a religious faith crisis 3. Promote healing, growth and community for those who choose to leave the LDS Church or other high demand religions 🤝Help us continue to deliver quality content by becoming a donor today One-time or recurring donations: https://donorbox.org/mormon-stories?default_interval=m Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories Venmo: https://account.venmo.com/u/mormonstories Paypal: https://paypal.me/mormonstories Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCx6OgmoqJbOVRq-Lv1P7SzA/join Our Platforms: 🌐Mormon Stories Blog: https://www.mormonstories.org/episodes 🎙️Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mormonstories ✳️Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4sDzk7dRjODTSEqzZKZJzk?si=148b0efc1ccc4404&nd=1 🍎Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mormon-stories-lds/id312094772 🖼️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mormstories 📱TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mormonstoriespodcast 🎮Discord: https://discord.com/invite/kuX5p6yyjF Contact us: 📧 MormonStories@gmail.com 📬PO Box 171085, Salt Lake City, UT 84117 #MormonStories #Mormon #lds