Mormon women ????

Question

Are mormon women brain washed ??? Women in other cultures and societies are exploring, going forward, and doing what they choose, BUT...mormon women are encouraged to stay bare foot & pregnant .!!

jackdinah - no, i don't know any mormon women, cuz, they're all at home hiding, barefoot & pregnant !!

Answer 1

Umm... I'm a mormon women and I'm not pregnant or barefoot...acually I am wearing socks does that count as barefoot?

Answer 2

Looks like you've been misguided. As others have stated, the Mormon church encourages all members, men and women, to get a valuable education. They do suggest that the woman be the primary nurturer of the children, and I don't think many would disagree that the woman is usually better able to do this. To stay at home is a choice that each couple must make. My wife, who is not Mormon, wants to stay at home, and I try and make that possible. She would prefer shaping and teaching our son rather than allowing strangers to do so. Mormons are taught to practice wise family planning, meaning not to have kids if you can't provide and to try as hard as you can to make the home a haven from the world. I'm grateful I earn enough so my wife has the choice, and I would support her either way. Oh, I'm Mormon.

Answer 3

Ha ha, I am barefoot right now and watching my baby. My husband and I are Mormon, I actually convinced him to join the church. I did not become pregnant on purpose. I want about six more children, my husband thinks one is fine. I did not grow up in the church I converted at 16. My mom is very "women should be independent" so I have always been like that. Before I got married I could only make mac and cheese (My Mom is a chef and cooked everything for me) Now my husband works, even when I wasn't pregnant I didn't work, because honestly I hate working. I'd rather be at home doing whatever I please. One thing about the church doctrine that maybe considered "brain washing" is that women are encouraged to stay home with their children. My husband could take my place, I could work he could watch our daughter, but I really wouldn't like that. And he doesn't have my motherly instinct. We live modestly, we don't buy expensive useless things, if we did then yes I would need to work to buy them. I would rather be at home with my daughter who I love more then any temporal objects money can buy. No one else could love her as much as I do if they watched her. She didn't hear someone else voice for nine months while she was in my womb. Another thing, men hold the priesthood and woman do not. This is in most religions anyways, but I don't want to have the priesthood, I receive the blessings through my husband and really I have no time. I truly believe my gift is the gift of motherhood. I have never been so humble and being a mother is so eye opening. I'm not going to lie, there are probably brain washed woman in our church just like any other church can have brain washed men or woman. But that is not part of our church doctrine. I chose to marry my husband, I told him if he wasn't Mormon I would not marry him. My husband is still unsure about how many children he would like to have, but I will choose to have more and he will have to abide because it will make me happy. I am happy being a homemaker, my home is just that mine. I can color the walls purple and do whatever I want. I must say I am still a terrible cook, and I am terrible at cleaning. My husband is the clean one. If I'm brainwashed whatever, I wanted to be a homemaker even before I came into the church, it just fits me. I was a straight A student in high school, and could have gone to college, maybe I'm lazy but I really did not want to go.

Answer 4

No one is brain washed. We all have free agency to do as we will, I am a mormon and at church they encourage me to learn how to fend for myself and my family, they encourage the importance of knowlegde and understanding. So in this I do explore I'm going on a mission when I'm 21. I am going forward, I'm a med lab student, and I am doing what I want. But even more so I want to have a big family and I want to take care of my kids so yeah i would drop my career in a heartbeat to watch my children grow and teach them myself instead of dropping them off a some daycare center and picking them up hours later. But it depends on the individual and we share a common belief, the importance of family so we want to be with our families.

Answer 5

Personally, I do not like some of the Mormon ways, but I think it's best to actually research, at a deep level, before making a statement like this. Understand WHY they believe what they believe and act the way they act.

I'll bet Mormon women will tell you that they choose to engage in activities to expand and educate the family.

I also know, for a fact, that many Mormon women work outside the home.

Answer 6

It seems to me that you probably aren't married....and if you are, you don't understand women very well. Now days you can't make a woman do any thing she doesn't want to do. My wife runs a pretty tight ship. I work and she raises the children. I usually work a 15 hour day so when I get home I kiss the kids good night, tell them a story and help them say prayers. she nurtures them and teaches them and helps make them in to productive well mannered members of society.....no repression in my home......as a matter of fact my wife and I have traded places a few times ...she's worked and I stayed home...wonderful experience.....the experience of creating, raising children...is one of the most forward, exploritive activities women/man-kind can do....its what we were meant to do...that and be happy.....that you think its repressive and wrong tells me you haven't really appreciated what your parents did for you......take a new look at your history...you would not be here if it were not for a unselfish mother....... oh by the way I'm a damn Mormon too.....

Answer 7

Funny. During the 5 years I was LDS, I noticed that the women of the church seemed more liberated than did women of my previous Catholic church.

From what I gathered, its innate in Mormon doctrine that there's a direct correlation between number of children and "blessings" so the women actually enjoy having large families.

The women in my ward, most notably the Bishop's wife, ran PTA functions, charities, and weekly activities together, they recruited my girlfriend and before I knew it I was cooking for myself.

I think your question's a bit ignorant of what actually goes on with Mormon women.

Answer 8

What is your definition of moving forward.

Not putting your family first, not having a 50% divorce rate, being at home when your children get home from school, raising your own children instead of day care, wanting a family which is actually a REQUIREMENT to continue the human species.

I'm not Mormon but you have to respect the FACT they have it MORE right with their FAMILY VALUES then the two stupid harried parents (of course on marriage number two) busting *** to have a big house with two pot smoking teenagers watching MTV while they are at work.

Just because the average American is a SELFISH consumer long before a caring parent is NOT a reason to tear down some of the few people left that do put kids and motherhood first. Shame on you and all the rest of us for even suggesting such a thing.

Answer 9

First, I am not pregnant. And second, I own shoes. But if you are concerned about the condition of my feet, I can use more shoes, so get in touch with me and I'll tell you how you can make my feet not bare. Thanks for your concern.

In case you are interested, the number of women on BYU campus is double the number of men. (BYU is an accredited university btw.) Mormon women are encouraged to get an education and if we want we work outside the home.

A lot of Mormon women elect to stay home because we actually give a damn about our kids. We want to raise them and not pass them off to the babysitter, the daycare worker or someone who might harm/abuse/kill them. While I was working my son asked me to stay home with him. We don't sequester ourselves. We have playgroups and do what SAHM's do.

Furthermore, I believe it was Margaret Thatcher who said that Mormon women are the best prepared leaders in the world. I have been speaking in public since the age of three. I am fluent in three languages and have lived in four countries. I make my own bread, grow, harvest and preserve food. I can sew (but I don't...my husband does!) and while I can clean, my house usually looks like it was torn up by a two and three-year-old. Brainwashed...to be a good mom? Yup! To be a good spouse? Sure! To make the world a better place? I hope so!

Answer 10

I am not a Mormon, but I disagree with your assessment of women in Mormonism. There is more to their life than that unless you are looking at one of the splinter groups.