Hey Mormon friends (and those friends who want to raise their daughters with a more rigid moral code), You should read this.... " Why Standards Night is Substandard ". I agree with the author... I think that the young women of the Church are sometimes given the short end of a stick and aren't communicated to properly. Some of my favorite excepts include: "A question welled in my throat, one that my neighbor might balk at. I asked it anyway. "Would you say Amy has power in her life?" She looked uneasy, and I didn't blame her. Power is not a commodity we associate with Mormon girls and women. To our ears the very concept of power sounds worldly and corrupt, unless we're talking about priesthood power, which we qualify as exclusively masculine. But I wasn't talking about priesthood power, and I wasn't talking about the steel-fisted power of a political dictator or corporate mogul, either. I tried to explain. "What I mean is,...
When I wake up in the morning, I feel just like any other insecure 24-year-old girl. Then I say, 'B*tch, you're Lady Gaga, you get up and walk the walk today'.