419: Formal Patriarchy & Inevitable Harm

About this episode

In this episode, Val & Nathan discuss the correlation between the LDS church's patriarchal structure and issues of sexual abuse and under-reporting.

Send us a Positive Review! Series Title: Straight Talk on Patriarchy and Harm [Part II of II] In this episode Val & Nathan lay out a several reasons why they feel that the LDS church is not able to address the strong correlation between its patriarchal structure, s*xual abuse & s*xual abuse under-reporting. The foundation of this struggle is a refusal to question the divinity of patriarchy...which leads to the patterns outlined in this episode. Please note--episodes of this natu...

People in this episode

Host: Valerie Hamaker

Guest: Nathan

Topics covered

• patriarchy
• sexual abuse
• LDS church
• under-reporting
• divinity

Keywords

• patriarchy
• LDS church
• sexual abuse
• under-reporting
• divinity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LDS church

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