Gender separation

[Anonymous]

Of course I can’t deny physical difference, but what I don’t see is any reasonable evidence that we are spiritually different.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think anyone here believes men and women are spiritually different, and I don’t think that’s the focus of the separation during the 3rd hour anymore, if it ever was.

Also, fwiw, if the separation was eliminated and all adults met together, I guarantee there would be a HUGE outcry – mostly from the women in the Church. Many, many, many women want time away from their husbands at Church; they want to feel like they have a time and a place for making decisions and having conversation without having to even think about how men might react. Interestingly, this feeling cuts across ideological lines in most cases – but it might be strongest among the most liberal women in the Church.

[Anonymous]

I also think it evolved out of the meetings schedules, and when they consolidated a block of meetings for various reasons, the meetings that were being held on other nights of the week where men and women attended separately, became the 3rd hour of block of meetings requiring the children and genders separate to attend.

It wasn’t intended to specifically divide the masses, I don’t think. It just evolved, and now can seem to appear that way.

[Anonymous]

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4. That we expect females to wear dresses or skirts, rather than slacks or dress pants.

Hmm… They still get it much easier than men in the dress code. They have far more leeway.

I think that pants are not flattering to women’s butts – they make them look too big, but there you go…

I also think there should be more kilts in church.

[Anonymous]

SamBee wrote:

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4. That we expect females to wear dresses or skirts, rather than slacks or dress pants.

Hmm… They still get it much easier than men in the dress code. They have far more leeway.

I think that pants are not flattering to women’s butts – they make them look too big, but there you go…

I also think there should be more kilts in church.

Yes, I was always jealous of the female missionaries that were basically wearing t-shirts, while I had to wear a white shirt, tie, and suit-coat (at least in the winter or to any meetings). Don’t get me wrong, I think that it’s great that they had that much freedom, and I think that it’s even better with the recent changes. I just wish that the guys could have a little bit more choice. There’s a reason why they all (mostly all?) love ugly ties.

[Anonymous]

The women in my ward get to wear pretty much what they want, as long as they have a skirt of some description and are fairly modest. One young girl turns up in jeans occasionally too.

Even in the depths of one of the harshest winters in decades winter men were turning up in gray suits and white shirts… not warmer clothes…

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