Can Mormom women have "regular" jobs?

[Anonymous]

I went to college in a heavily Mormon state. Lots of Mormon women in college but most were there to meet potential husbands. None had actual plans to work outside the home once they had children.

Many of my college profs were Mormon, amazing teachers. They all had large families (4+ children) and I had no idea how they afforded it on a sole prof salary., while still giving 10% of gross income to the church. As someone else pointed out, the Mormon social networks are set up to support the lifestyle.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! I know several Morman woman. They have a bunch of kids, but are otherwise attractive and funny and cool. You’d be shocked if you knew they were Mormon.

Are they sucessfuly professionals though? Because being attractive, funny, cool, "relatable" and a SAHM to many children is part of a larger branding strategy of the church to re-enforce their norms and present the church in a more palatable way. I would not be shocked by a hipster blogger Mormon. They're kind of everywhere.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! I know several Morman woman. They have a bunch of kids, but are otherwise attractive and funny and cool. You’d be shocked if you knew they were Mormon.

this is such a gross comment.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! I know several Morman woman. They have a bunch of kids, but are otherwise attractive and funny and cool. You’d be shocked if you knew they were Mormon.

Are they sucessfuly professionals though? Because being attractive, funny, cool, "relatable" and a SAHM to many children is part of a larger branding strategy of the church to re-enforce their norms and present the church in a more palatable way. I would not be shocked by a hipster blogger Mormon. They're kind of everywhere.

+1. There are tons of Mormon Mommy Instagram Influencers/ bloggers. Most of them have “hidden” nannies and other help. I can’t fault their hustle, but anyone who has spent time in Utah or other parts of the “Morridor” knows these ladies are selling a shiny presentation that’s not at all accurate in real life.

I do know one devout LDS woman who is a successful physician and a couple who are lawyers. This is going to sound bad, but they were all what the church referred to as “the sweet spirits” and didn’t get married or even date much until well after medical or law school.

[Anonymous]

I grew up Mormon in Utah, and my whole family is active. I only knew one Mormon woman with children who worked outside the home,and she was divorced, so she sort of had to. I knew no Mormon married women with kids who worked outside the home. Unless you missed out on marriage and/or kids, it's unusual. It is not prohibited per se, but the expectation is women will stay home with the kids. A few have low key MLM jobs, part time teachers, etc. I'm sure there are some exceptions but they are the exception, not the rule.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a friend who is mormon and in AZ. She is a therapist and quite well educated. her priest (what do they call them?) visited them at their house recently and is pressuring her to quit to stay at home with their three kids.

They are now looking for her husband to transfer to another state so she can get away from that.

The man who visited the family is called the Bishop. He is the unpaid "leader" of the ward.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up Mormon in Utah, and my whole family is active. I only knew one Mormon woman with children who worked outside the home,and she was divorced, so she sort of had to. I knew no Mormon married women with kids who worked outside the home. Unless you missed out on marriage and/or kids, it's unusual. It is not prohibited per se, but the expectation is women will stay home with the kids. A few have low key MLM jobs, part time teachers, etc. I'm sure there are some exceptions but they are the exception, not the rule.

Utah is is the Multi-level marketing (MLM) capital of the country. It is sold as an opportunity for Stay At Home Moms to earn some $$ to help support their families. (And I'll add; to raise the amount you give to the church )

I had a female Mormon prof in college; she was part-time as she had 4 kids to take care of. Her husband was chairman of the Spanish department.

[Anonymous]

I am the PP who lived in a heavily Mormon state; though I am not Mormon. I never heard/saw one Mormon woman asking another: "What do you do?" Never. It is was always: "How many children do you have?" and the like.

I have watched all the "I'm a Mormon" videos on YouTube and really enjoyed them. The Church produced them trying to make it look like Mormons are ordinary folks (which they are) with ordinary religious beliefs (which they aren't!)

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Isn't the religion about building the faith by producing massive amounts of children?

[Anonymous]

That is one way; the other is conversion. Most converts these days come from the non-European countries, so the Church population is looking a lot more diverse.

[Anonymous]

I thought it had something to do with the doctrine that there are spirit children waiting to be born as humans and that families will be together even after death. Someone correct me if I am wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes! I know several Morman woman. They have a bunch of kids, but are otherwise attractive and funny and cool. You’d be shocked if you knew they were Mormon.

Are they sucessfuly professionals though? Because being attractive, funny, cool, "relatable" and a SAHM to many children is part of a larger branding strategy of the church to re-enforce their norms and present the church in a more palatable way. I would not be shocked by a hipster blogger Mormon. They're kind of everywhere.

Who cares? I don't define self-worth off of job title or paycheck.

[Anonymous]

My MIL is a mormon entrepreneur who started and grew a successful business-- she's still at it 30 years later.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a Mormon friend who is a top level executive at Marriott. Definitely possible.

The Marriott family is devout Mormons. I wonder if being a Mormon helped her get up the executive level tract?

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A journalist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Clayson_Johnson