Women and The Church

Conversations with Dr. Jennifer

Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife

Self-improvement, Education, Mental Health, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 978 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

In this NEW podcast episode, Dr. Finlayson-Fife joins Sherrae Phelps to discuss ways Latter-Day Saints can navigate this period of transition within the church with strength and integrity, and what we can do as individuals to contribute to the development of our community. Listen to the full episode to learn more about: * Misunderstandings that interfere with equality in the church * The problem with prioritizing validation over integrity * How to move past feelings of resentment and anger * Mother-in-Heaven * Making room for growth in your life, marriage, and culture * Ways to encourage equality in your marriage and at church If you are interested in learning more, consider enrolling in Dr. Finlayson-Fife's Art of Desire course for women.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Conversations with Dr. Jennifer, a collection of interviews on the topics of relationships, sexuality, and more, all featuring Dr Finlayson Fife. life.
0:23.0	In the podcast Spiritual and Sexual development and the power of lipstick,
0:33.9	Jennifer talks about the way in which she had learned to view man and woman in her early years.
0:38.9	I did have an idea of a god that knew me and loved me. The only problem was that the God that I had in my heart and mind saw men as being more important than women.
0:53.0	Because that was part of my faith tradition.
0:57.0	It was also part of my parental system where
1:00.0	my father, because he provided and was the leader and was a church leader made the rules much more than my mom did and so I believe God love me
1:11.5	But that men were the gold standard and women were the silver, you know.
1:16.1	So you got a little bit second rate in God's eyes?
1:18.8	Yeah, no question.
1:21.0	Because of my gender.
1:22.0	And I grew up, you you know that men had authority and women did not and women would defer to men and men should be loving and caregiving and not be abusive and all that. But yes, but you are weaker.
1:35.0	This is Shirey Phelps and in this interview today I talk with Jennifer about how to confront and navigate some of our faith traditions
1:42.0	that place men in a position as slightly more important
1:44.5	than women.
1:46.5	Okay, so I was listening recently to a podcast where you were talking about the idea that you had of God in your younger
1:54.6	years and you said that you felt that God saw men as being more important to women.
2:02.0	And I do think that even though there has been progress in our culture and
2:05.2	our society and within the church over the last few years, I still feel like, I mean, do you see
2:11.8	traditions and ideas that continue to lead both men and women to take a hold of that false idea that God gives men as being more important than women?
2:20.3	I mean yes and no I mean, yes and no. I mean, the yes part is that even though I think we have
2:28.6	shifted in our language, you know, when I was growing up, had send these school teachers who were teaching that
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