The way I see it, most non-FLDS/(occasionally, LDS) poly-whatever households aren't set up to be personality cults* of women dedicated to, and sealed for all eternity to a man. That's my main problem with "plural marriage". This is not polyamory as I've come to know it: as a solution to institutionalized monogamy meant to promote sexual and emotional freedom, and thus more sexual and emotional closeness and equality, for the parties involved. From what I understand, the F/LDS idea of "plural marriage" is not the same kind of thing.
The LDS church has a long way to go toward adequately supporting women--starting with changing their official, doctrinal position that women are essentially baby machines for the Lord. (Don't get me started on the whole "priesthood" business--What the heck, Joseph Smith?) While even the friendly face the LDS church puts on their religion can't mask the underlying sexual inequality, the FLDS wack jobs seem to revel in it.
Okay, /rant. Was raised by a woman writing her dissertation on gender issues in Mormonism. I am, in fact, my mother's daughter.
*Not that my ultimate plan isn't to set up a personality cult dedicated to me... But that's different. For reasons that will come to me.
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Date: 2008-04-19 04:43 pm (UTC)The LDS church has a long way to go toward adequately supporting women--starting with changing their official, doctrinal position that women are essentially baby machines for the Lord. (Don't get me started on the whole "priesthood" business--What the heck, Joseph Smith?) While even the friendly face the LDS church puts on their religion can't mask the underlying sexual inequality, the FLDS wack jobs seem to revel in it.
Okay, /rant. Was raised by a woman writing her dissertation on gender issues in Mormonism. I am, in fact, my mother's daughter.
*Not that my ultimate plan isn't to set up a personality cult dedicated to me... But that's different. For reasons that will come to me.