

The Church’s views are still mostly conservative, as both topics are still frowned upon. The LDS Church has also recently updated their stances on same-sex attraction and abortion. This new movement, along with another relatively recent change, which lowered the age for women to be able to go on mission from 21 to 19, is slowly closing the gap of the intense gender hierarchy.

It’s symbolic of women actually being able to acquire power, and wear the pants, so to speak. as well as allowing women to wear dress slacks or pantsuits in the church.īut in all seriousness, it’s a very big step forward for gender equality and progressive thinking. It was just announced on June 28 that women in the LDS Church (the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) will offer paid maternity leave for full-time, benefited employees in the U.S.
