Mormon girls
New Mormon policy gives teen boys power to baptize in the temple, and teen girls get to do … what, exactly?
By Jana Riess — December 15, 2017
While many Mormons are thrilled with the new policy allowing teenage boys to perform baptisms for the dead, guest blogger Emily Jensen points out that girls are, once again, an afterthought.
Mormon young women and priesthood: ‘Change the rhetoric or change the rules,’ says guest blogger
By Jana Riess — May 25, 2016
In this month's LDS youth magazine, one article tries to include young women in the exercise of priesthood, while the very next article excludes them. Guest blogger EmJen says we need better ways to teach girls about a priesthood they do not hold.
“LDS Living” gently criticizes gender inequality in raising Mormon kids
By Jana Riess — March 27, 2014
LDS Living says that Mormon boys and girls should have equal standards for modesty, technology, and the recognition of their accomplishments.
What Do We Teach Teenage Girls about the Mormon Priesthood?
By Jana Riess — June 1, 2013
This month’s exclusive focus on priesthood for the Young Women and Young Men brings into sharp relief some of the gender issues in the Church.
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