{"id":2016,"date":"2009-07-09T07:03:46","date_gmt":"2009-07-09T14:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/?p=2016"},"modified":"2009-07-08T09:18:42","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T16:18:42","slug":"men-cause-divorce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2009\/07\/09\/men-cause-divorce\/","title":{"rendered":"Men cause divorce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, I like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/MormonMessages\">Mormon Messages<\/a>. But this week?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s really irked me.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"340\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sQ1yLFIEVNo&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/sQ1yLFIEVNo&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"450\" height=\"340\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Now, don?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t get me wrong; I think the message of Elder Oaks is great and timely. I think he has some sound advice.<\/p>\n<p>What I don?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t like is how the film creators portrayed the first couple. Why is it that in church films, it is never the wife who is the one who doesn?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2t go to church? It?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s always the man. It?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s always the man who is the cause of divorce (or marital problems).<\/p>\n<p>This really bothers me. It?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s sexist for one thing, and it perpetuates the myth that women are the spiritual ones and men are the carnal ones.<\/p>\n<p>Why can&#8217;t we just stop this nonsense?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Normally, I like Mormon Messages. But this week?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2s really irked me. 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