Episode 103: Conservative State of Mind

The Broad Experience

Careers, Society & Culture, Business

5.0 • 592 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Patricia Jones was born and raised in Utah, a state with a conservative bent and one of the highest wage gaps in the US. 60% of the population is Mormon, but belonging to a conservative faith never stopped Pat from having a family and a career, first running a business, then as a politician. In her latest role she's on a mission to raise the status of women at work in Utah. And that means persuading a lot of pale males it's a good idea.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Broad Experience, the show about women, the workplace, and success. I'm Ashley Milthight.
0:13.6	This time, attitudes to women's roles have changed a lot in the last several decades, but some influential people still believe women's place is in the home.
0:23.5	One of the male representatives from a very conservative area stood up and said,
0:29.0	we don't need more childcare.
0:31.2	We need to do away with the need for child care.
0:34.5	Coming up, pushing for change in a conservative place.
0:46.7	How much do you know about Utah? Maybe if you're a film fan, you think of the Sundance
0:52.3	film festival, which takes place there every year, or maybe you're an outdoors type, you think of the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place there every year.
0:55.2	Or maybe you're an outdoors type and you've been hiking or biking in one of Utah's incredible state parks.
1:01.8	But a lot of us, when we think of Utah, we can't help thinking about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or the Mormon Church.
1:13.0	Because Utah is where the Mormon faith was born in the 19th century, and it's where the church still has its headquarters. About 60% of the
1:19.6	population is still Mormon, and it's fair to say Mormonism is a conservative faith. Men have the power
1:27.0	within the church, and attitudes to gender at home and outside
1:30.7	tend to be quite traditional. In Utah, plenty of women start college, but quite a few drop out to get married and start
1:38.9	families before they graduate. Most women work in some capacity, but you'll find very few women in public life or in
1:46.1	leadership roles in business, though that said, a lot of women today are starting their own
1:50.5	businesses. The state also has one of the highest wage gaps in the US. So what do you do when you have
1:57.7	progressive ideas about women's place in the world, but you're surrounded by
2:01.5	traditionalists. If you're like Patricia Jones, you try slowly, steadily to change minds. Pat describes
2:10.1	herself as a very open-minded Mormon. She's always had a career, including more than a decade as a
2:15.8	politician. She's in her mid-60s now, and these days she is CEO of the Women's Leadership
2:21.3	Institute in Salt Lake City.
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