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Latter-day Saint
Mormon Women: Some Global Perspectives
July 15, 2014 by Melissa Wei-Tsing Inouye
Hence, in order to negotiate the globalized Mormon landscape, church leaders, including women, have been capable of resourceful adaptation, including sensitive responses to issues faced by local women.
Moreover, in places like the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where cultural treatment of women appalls even conservative American Mormons who would never identify as "feminists," church leaders are actively engaged in elevating members' perceptions of women's abilities and status. In such cultural situations, the clause about men and women as "equal partners" in the Church's "Proclamation on the Family" is vigorously wielded like a radical feminist manifesto.
This global perspective provides a hopeful counterpoint to perceptions that Mormonism's administrative structure is inflexible when it comes to women. It also reminds us that Mormon women's needs and desires are immensely varied, not just from country to country but from individual to individual.
In discussions about Mormon women that urgently need to continue, the quality of these conversations will be greatly improved if participants on both sides have the humility and insight to recognize the contingent nature of their own assumptions and experiences.
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