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At Last She Said It

Episode 156: What About Consent?

At Last She Said It

Cynthia Winward

Religion & Spirituality, Feminism, Motherhood, Ldswomen, Spirituality, Lds, Thechurchofjesuschristoflatterdaysaints, Mormonwomen, Religion, Marriage, Mormon, Faith

5900 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

There are many touchpoints with consent in a Latter-day Saint woman’s church life. From baptism to temple ordinances to accepting callings, we say yes over and over again, sometimes without ever seriously engaging our options. In Episode 156, Susan and Cynthia unpack consent. There are good reasons a woman might say ‘yes’ even while something inside her is saying ‘no,’ but true consent isn't coerced by force, threats, pressure, or intimidation. And silence is not consent.

Transcript

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0:00.0

So we got an email from a woman who said this as a convert and also as a first time

0:12.2

temple attending member my consent was to

0:15.2

incomplete disclosures. Isn't that an interesting choice of word

0:20.7

incomplete disclosures? I know. She nailed it. Yes. She

0:25.8

nailed it because who knows who knows what is happening in the endowment. I know

0:30.6

we're getting better at telling people but we still don't give them the script.

0:34.0

Hi, I'm Susan Hinckly.

0:39.0

And I'm Cynthia Wynward.

0:41.0

And this is at last she said it. We are Women of Faith discussing

0:45.0

complicated things and the title of today's episode is, what about consent?

0:51.6

What about consent? Okay, I'm going to tell our listeners right now that we have

0:57.9

been planning an episode on consent for approximately as long as we've had this podcast.

1:04.0

At least six months we've set.

1:05.5

I remember we had an episode six months ago

1:07.5

and we said, we're planning an episode on consent

1:09.5

and I was like, oh shoot, we really better do that.

1:12.0

I know, we've been planning it for a long time,

1:13.8

but it's one of those topics that has felt difficult to approach.

1:18.9

Let me just say it that way.

1:20.8

There are a lot of things tied to consent that are difficult topics.

1:26.2

And so we're going to get to some of those today.

1:30.3

First let me take a big drink of my water and gulp because that's how I feel

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