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18. Spend all the meetings hanging around the foyer chatting. 19. When you aren't in the foyer chatting go for a drink run to the nearest gas station, ask who wants you to bring back a Diet Coke. Or if you're really daring, Starbucks. 20. Women: Wear clothing that makes it clear you aren't wearing g...

I've got my tickets waiting for next week! I know I'm going to laugh and cry. I feel like it's going to be very therapeutic for me. I would not have been ready to see this last year or the year before though. Happy you guys could go together! I hope you enjoyed it.

I just want to say we are here for you.

Do you have support IRL?

I have struggled with my mental health through my faith transition and becoming a parent which happened simultaneously. What helped me is being honest about my feelings to trusted people for me that was my spouse and some friends. I haven't been able to do any talk therapy because. life. but I am ho...

First of all, I'm very sorry you are having to go through this with a family member. It is difficult. This is a very interesting topic. My grandmother suffered a brain tumor and a surgery that was meant to help her left her basically in a vegetative state for several years. My mother (her daughter) ...

I vote for cheese fries.

Or chili cheese fries.

We cannot hold people accountable for thought crime nor would I want to. But it's interesting because thoughts of those in power lead to action and policy that has effect on those without power. I don't know what a society looks like when rape culture is just a fringe thing a few extremists engage i...

I AM SO PROUD OF THIS CONVERSATION! I needed to yell that. Phew! Haha that's over now. Everyone is hitting slam dunks here going point and counterpoint imho and being respectful and open to learning. One thing I thought of about fantasy/masturbation is I don't even know if I think I'd consider it ob...

I LOVE ENCIRCLE!! I've been following this play out on Reddit and Facebook. Send them a donation if you can! I'm a Utah county resident and we need them so very much.

https://encircletogether.org/donate/

To actually address the OP, that lesson sounds frustrating. I feel that modesty issues overall are actually about controlling women and men by controlling their sexuality. Either by shaming their form and very existence (women) or teaching men they are sinful and uncontrollable as they exist (men). ...

I am sorry Linked for high jacking your post. I will not post on this thread anymore, but I will start a new post if I want to keep discussing rape culture/modesty issues.

I run a real risk of being misunderstood here, so please believe me when I say that I am not sexist and am certainly not trying to be demeaning to women. I certainly agree that women shouldn't feel like they have to dress modestly because men can't control themselves. It's a messed up way of thinki...

If modesty/hyper sexuality is a cultural construct then what would it take to change the culture? Exposure and social change. This is why all of my female exmo friends have said they allow their kids to see them naked so they can see/view the human form as nonsexual. Also why I wear a bikini swimmin...

Ooookaayy. I am so torn here. I want to respond to this, but I don't have that emotional labor available. Instead please read Josh Weed's currently viral post about how asinine the concept of modesty is. For reference Josh Weed is a semi-known/famous practicing Mormon who is openly gay and in a mixe...

BACK MOLD!!!!! it's just awful and sad. Before I even clicked on this I thought, "undies" because I'm potty training a little one right now and we Mormons, exMormons and inbetweeners are a bit obsessed with underwear. He is. She's not. Whose on my team? Who is not? But, based on the back mold starte...

Wow! The next time someone asks me if I'm Mormon maybe I can say, "my parents are," with a big smile. Just might work.

So awesome!

I could care less how much John Dehlin pays himself from OSF. It's no secret he gets his livelihood from OSF and I won't criticize that. My understanding is that the criticism coming from KK is about unequal pay between male and female podcasters which I do care about. I like Kate Kelly for the most...

Probably the worst one though was when I was turned down for a job and the man (a patriarch) told me he prayed about it and just knew I was meant to be somewhere else. This was a government job. Not a job with the church. :shock: He might have said that to a man too, but I kind of doubt it. Also not...

Hmm yeah. I cannot come up with any examples, but just want to point out that sometimes as women we can become fully invested in patriarchy and benevolent sexism so much that women can be some of the hardest offenders against each other when it comes to sexist remarks. Just today my aunt made a comm...