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In reply to the discussion: Undergarment upgrades bring many Mormon women comfort and joy [View all]2naSalit
(98,431 posts)41. Kind of...
Except lds gurls are virgins until they actually give birth, the having sex part starts early in life for many of them, long before puberty. The child sex abuse incidence rate in lds dominant states is really high. It's a gawd sanctioned rape society as far as I can tell, but that's just my opinion.
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When your family has been Catholic for hundreds and hundreds of years it is hard to go against the grain.
Irish_Dem
22 hrs ago
#13
My mother finally got pissed off enough at the Catholic Church to never go to mass again.
Irish_Dem
9 hrs ago
#52
I was about 8 years old when I came home from school and told my mother I didn't believe
Irish_Dem
6 hrs ago
#64
Oh Yes. We carried them around in little packets in our purses. Then popped them on our heads
Irish_Dem
13 hrs ago
#36
Not Catholic, but I remember the thing about women needing to cover their heads...
3catwoman3
6 hrs ago
#61
If it's any comfort, men wear the same sort of "underwear". No one is forced to do anyrthing, LDS are ...
marble falls
21 hrs ago
#26
That's because you don't understand it. Some say Joseph Smith took the idea of these garments from ...
marble falls
9 hrs ago
#47
Anyone who wears secret religious underwear is weird and sexually inappropriate.
Irish_Dem
9 hrs ago
#48
No. The "underwear" is not meant to be seen by anyone else. These are called Temple Garments, and those ...
marble falls
20 hrs ago
#28
Pretty much. If I remember right they were sold in department stores and
leftyladyfrommo
22 hrs ago
#20
Definition: Forward Tinking - moving from the 7th century to the 8th. Now 100 years ahed of the Taliban.
Wonder Why
20 hrs ago
#29
Women are second-class citizens within the religion, though. And that's ingrained
Scrivener7
8 hrs ago
#56