More on pants from other writers

This is what my husband posted on FB and I totally agree here:

I for one am not clamoring for women to get the priesthood. I think there is an epidemic in the church of meanness, and it comes out in different ways. It comes out in how a lot of women are treated in the church because they are women. Obviously there is an imbalance of power in the church, but that's not necessarily a problem, but it gets abused like everything else.

I think some people think that if women had the priesthood the imbalance would be less, and the meanness would be reduced. But the real problem is that people are mean. 

So the real conversation is really: is there really a problem in the church with how people are treated? I've seen some arguments that boil down to: if it hasn't happened to me then it's not a problem, or you are blowing it out of proportion. Similarly: if you do have a problem, you are the problem and you need to repent. Or: I don't think it's a problem so you shouldn't think it's a problem.

Women wanting to wear pants one sunday to show they thought there was a problem I think revealed there is a problem, considering how people reacted to all this. It really struck a nerve. Maybe some self-check is in order before we argue about women getting the priesthood. But maybe we ought to be empathetic and help them feel more included and loved.

And this was posted by a blogger in England-- I wish I could join them and wear nice
 slacks to church tom orrow, but being in the heart of Utah and mormondom, I don't think 
it's wise to do so yet-- People would probably see it as me attacking them not as me 
showing support for those feeling minimized as women. 

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