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Part 3: The Oppressed Majority?
Q. "The Salt Lake Tribune has carried several articles recently about
"LDS women" who seem to believe that women are an oppressed majority within
the Church. Other than the 2 dozen who signed the letter, do LDS women really
feel this commonly? If so, why?"
A. There will always be a conflict for Latter-day Saint women who
seek after the honors of the world. Living the gospel requires us to leave
those honors behind and focus on the things of eternity. While our efforts
in the home may go unheralded by the world, they are of the greatest worth
and value in this life and in the life to come.
Those women who lose their focus and seek after wordly honor will inevitably
find dissatisfaction. The Church oftentimes becomes an easy target for their
frustrations. Be assured that these women are not the majority.
The average Latter-day Saint woman is at home nurturing her children. She's
teaching them to read, to serve, to do good in the world. She's helping her
neighbor or planting a garden. She's developing a new talent or comforting
a loved one. She's reading a book, she's coaching her child's team, she's
serving in the local PTO or writing to her local congressman. She's rocking
a baby, she's praying, she's sharing the best of herself with those who matter
most. Though she may experience sorrow from time to time she is generally
happy and at peace with herself.
The media simply does not write stories about the average Latter-day Saint
women, particularly not the Salt Lake Tribune.
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