{"id":3965,"date":"2007-07-20T10:13:17","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T14:13:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=3965"},"modified":"2007-07-20T23:30:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-21T03:30:00","slug":"chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2007\/07\/chains\/","title":{"rendered":"Chains"},"content":{"rendered":"

We sometimes hear two related but distinct chains of reasoning about the consequences of what are perceived as womens’ natural tendencies. <\/p>\n

Chain One<\/em>: Women are naturally more spiritual than men. Therefore, men need a strong incentive to force them to better develop their spirituality. Therefore, men are given the Priesthood and church leadership. <\/p>\n

Men’s primary role in church is thus intended to compensate<\/em> for their perceived lack of natural ability. <\/p>\n

Chain Two<\/em>: Women are naturally more nurturing than men. Therefore, women should be the primary child raisers, so that children are raised in the most nurturing environment possible. <\/p>\n

Women’s role in the home is thus intended to rely on<\/em> the perceived presence of this natural ability. <\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Some Questions:<\/p>\n

Do either or both of these chains reflect your experience with LDS culture and\/or doctrine?<\/p>\n

Are either or both of these chains accurate, as a matter of fact?<\/p>\n

Are these chains logically consistent? (Can they be reconciled?)<\/p>\n

Could we flip the two? For example: Women are naturally more nurturing; therefore men need<\/em> to stay at home to best develop that trait. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We sometimes hear two related but distinct chains of reasoning about the consequences of what are perceived as womens’ natural tendencies. Chain One: Women are naturally more spiritual than men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corn"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3965\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}