Commentary: What does new LDS messaging really say about women in the church?

Commentary: What does new LDS messaging really say about women in the church?

As someone who has studied the way women’s voices have been amplified and silenced in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, especially online, I found it fascinating that three different statements about women and the church shared in the past week all reflected the same theme.

What does new LDS messaging really say about women in the church?

(RNS) — As someone who has studied the way women’s voices have been amplified and silenced in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, especially online, I found it fascinating that three different statements about women and the church shared in the past week all reflected the same theme.  Overall, the church is telling women, “We need you, but stay in your place.” The first statement came from Elder Dale G. Renlund, who spoke at a women…

As a commentator in Vårt Land, Åste Dokka has many exciting and original observations. She often addresses topics that otherwise easily go under the radar. The articles are refreshing, whether you completely agree or not. In the article that was published on Women's Day on March 8, Dokka attacks the Church's patriarchal leanings, and rightly so. We will not go into that discussion, but here we only have a comment on the choice of scriptures she …