Over the weekend I had the opportunity to meet Joanna Brooks and listen to her speak a couple times, the last of which was a reading of her book followed by a Q&A among a group of members (most of whom were 60+) who form a long standing study group headed up by Greg Prince (he of the David O. McKay bio). Admittedly these are mostly affluent Marylanders and, it appeared, liberal leaning.
At some point, a woman asked a very pointed question about Anne Romney and tried to get Joanna to give a feminist perspective on Mrs. Romney. Joanna deftly sidestepped the question and declined to say anything negative (or really anything of substance) about her, but simply said, "it is worth reflecting on that she is the most visible Mormon woman since Marie Osmond."
Is this something people are thinking about? My sense is that believers are fairly comfortable with Mitt Romney representing Mormon "maleness." Does Anne Romney fairly portray what it means to be a Mormon woman? I'm not suggesting in anyway that she is a spokesperson or should be expected to represent anything, I'm just think about the reality that she probably does, like it or not.
At some point, a woman asked a very pointed question about Anne Romney and tried to get Joanna to give a feminist perspective on Mrs. Romney. Joanna deftly sidestepped the question and declined to say anything negative (or really anything of substance) about her, but simply said, "it is worth reflecting on that she is the most visible Mormon woman since Marie Osmond."
Is this something people are thinking about? My sense is that believers are fairly comfortable with Mitt Romney representing Mormon "maleness." Does Anne Romney fairly portray what it means to be a Mormon woman? I'm not suggesting in anyway that she is a spokesperson or should be expected to represent anything, I'm just think about the reality that she probably does, like it or not.
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