Understanding Compliance in Patriarchal Religions
Mormon Women and the Latter Day Saints Church as a Case Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3149110 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reid J Leamaster (0000-0002-6100-3059, Maricopa Community Colleges - Glendale Community College, corresponding author), Reid Leamaster, Andres Bautista (0000-0001-8387-953X, Maricopa Community Colleges - Glendale Community College) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 143 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel9050143 |
| OpenAlex | W2801280901 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 34 |
Defining compliance as acquiescence in situations of inequality, this article explores patterns of compliance to gender traditionalism from the analysis of interviews with Mormon women. Analysis reveals that Mormon women face unique, context-specific mechanisms for stifling resistance to gender traditionalism. Additionally, many of the Mormon women interviewed who do not comply with traditional gender expectations regarding motherhood still accept and defend gender traditionalism. We explain this pattern with a concept that we call ideological compensation, which means that women in gender traditional religions defend gender traditionalism even if they do not live it as a way to compensate for their non-compliance. Finally, we find that some of the women frame their compliance to Mormon gender traditionalism as a statement of resistance against the broader society. We describe this phenomenon with a concept known as subcultural resistance. Overall, this study sheds light on how Mormon women interpret traditional gender expectations and the mechanisms that are put in place to stifle resistance
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |