On the whole I disagree with this article. I agree with the sentiment that the Primary Voice is inauthentic, disgustingly annoying, and demonstrates a profound like of maturity. Of course. But I also think the vast majority of members agree with that. At the local level most women aren't talking like that.
First of all, it's not a female-only thing. A LOT of the men in leadership talk this way too. Except it's not quite so obnoxious because they naturally have deeper voices. But they have very similar verbal and body language quirks. There are more crying men in the LDS church than the whole rest of the planet combined. Guys like Elder Eyring seemingly are incapable of talking without crying. They are in this continuous sinusoidal mode of crying/not crying. Frankly, in my ways, the male leadership seems way more sappy and sensitive than even the women leaders.
Overall my attitude is basically the polar opposite of this article. Lindsay thinks the primary voice is evidence of patriarchy and "soft" power that the women submit to. I think it's just the opposite. I think the church has become highly feminized and adopted a form of feminism that is embodied by the sappy LeaveItToLeaver stay at home mommies.
No, it's not the type of feminism that say Gloria Steinem is into, but it's a brand of feminism all the same. One that is obsessed with motherhood, women not working, sewing, scrap booking, family home evening, fairy tale weddings in an exclusive castle, a super-sensitive prince/husband that is 100% in every way dedicated just to her, porn kills love, and all the rest of it. Let's be honest, LDS culture is "girly." It just is.
I'm going to make up numbers now, but men leave the church, what, like 3x more than the women? Among those active in the church, there are what, like 4 women for every man? There is a dating crisis happening because of it. Toss a stone an walk into any LDS chapel and you'll find the women to be engaged while the men are staring at their phones with grimaces on their faces, laying around, like they are being subjected to a form of torture. 90% of testimony meetings are crying women.
Look at all the programs of the church, the cultural lifestyle, all of it. It's like a woman created it!
What's the backstory behind the WOW for instance. Emma upset about dirty men. In western culture who was behind temperance and prohibition movements? Women.
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Doctrinally. Even stories like Adam/Eve have been spun in a feminist way. Eve was the one who had the courage to take the first step. Men have the priesthood because women are more naturally righteous. Men need a discipline to keep them in check, and so on. Women in the church don't care about holding the priesthood. They just don't. Some tiny % of Kate Kelly's exist, but they are like 5-10%. Most women don't care. Why? Because it's just more work. The priesthood is a responsibility, and one that largely is really just about serving women. It's whole mission is to please women in one form or another. Be obedient, follow your leaders, and their whole message is to serve the women. Stop looking at porn, it makes women have self esteem issues, and you'll become gay, yada, yada.
Going back to the church thing though. People in the church aren't opposing Hillary because she speaks like a man. They oppose her because she's the Haggard Queen. She is filthy and crooked. She's a liar and a cheat. But in case you hadn't noticed, the culture, for the same woman-pleasing reasons mentioned above, refuses to support Trump too. Mormania only supports "gentle" mealy-mouthed candidates. Mia Love doesn't speak with the Primary Voice, but she won. She is "gentle" and "proper" though.
