I don’t remember where I heard it, and I hate to quote something I can’t backup or source, I had heard that the priesthood was something that we received in the pre earth life, and when we are here, just wait for it to be ‘activated’ for lack of a better word by ordination. Also that if you were to lose your priesthood it is essentially not removed but deactivated. In other words it is eternal, and both men and women had/have it.
Would anyone else have heard this and maybe have a source?