Alyssa Grenfell

I would like call it Mormon fortune telling a little bit where a very important man within the church lays his hands on your head and basically is supposed to be speaking as if he's speaking from God and kind of telling you what's going to happen in your future.

I would like call it Mormon fortune telling a little bit where a very important man within the church lays his hands on your head and basically is supposed to be speaking as if he's speaking from God and kind of telling you what's going to happen in your future.

Much of my patriarchal blessing was about how I was going to be a mother in Zion and how I was going to, like, it was all just about my future children, basically, and my role as a wife and mother and And to think that a man is saying basically the most important things about your future and it's all encompassed around motherhood and wifehood.

Much of my patriarchal blessing was about how I was going to be a mother in Zion and how I was going to, like, it was all just about my future children, basically, and my role as a wife and mother and And to think that a man is saying basically the most important things about your future and it's all encompassed around motherhood and wifehood.

Much of my patriarchal blessing was about how I was going to be a mother in Zion and how I was going to, like, it was all just about my future children, basically, and my role as a wife and mother and And to think that a man is saying basically the most important things about your future and it's all encompassed around motherhood and wifehood.

And then to read, you know, now I read my husband's patriarchal blessing and a lot of men's patriarchal blessings is not about their children, their future children. And so if you compare what women are taught, if you compare that with what men are taught, it's also very different. So you could, you know, I think I might have been able to like stomach it if...

And then to read, you know, now I read my husband's patriarchal blessing and a lot of men's patriarchal blessings is not about their children, their future children. And so if you compare what women are taught, if you compare that with what men are taught, it's also very different. So you could, you know, I think I might have been able to like stomach it if...

And then to read, you know, now I read my husband's patriarchal blessing and a lot of men's patriarchal blessings is not about their children, their future children. And so if you compare what women are taught, if you compare that with what men are taught, it's also very different. So you could, you know, I think I might have been able to like stomach it if...

The boys were also learning how to take a girl on a date or how to also watch children or change a diaper. But the boys were often doing that, like playing basketball or doing, you know, water rafting or doing Boy Scouts, learning to tie knots, you know, just more traditional boyhood kind of things.

The boys were also learning how to take a girl on a date or how to also watch children or change a diaper. But the boys were often doing that, like playing basketball or doing, you know, water rafting or doing Boy Scouts, learning to tie knots, you know, just more traditional boyhood kind of things.

The boys were also learning how to take a girl on a date or how to also watch children or change a diaper. But the boys were often doing that, like playing basketball or doing, you know, water rafting or doing Boy Scouts, learning to tie knots, you know, just more traditional boyhood kind of things.

I think there was the actual kind of training around motherhood and family, but then there was the religious training element of gender roles as divinely appointed upon you.

I think there was the actual kind of training around motherhood and family, but then there was the religious training element of gender roles as divinely appointed upon you.

I think there was the actual kind of training around motherhood and family, but then there was the religious training element of gender roles as divinely appointed upon you.

I think it's really hard because it's very difficult to kind of see outside of yourself and to question the systems you're raised in and embroiled in, especially systems that you're taught as the most moral way to live. I feel like

I think it's really hard because it's very difficult to kind of see outside of yourself and to question the systems you're raised in and embroiled in, especially systems that you're taught as the most moral way to live. I feel like

I think it's really hard because it's very difficult to kind of see outside of yourself and to question the systems you're raised in and embroiled in, especially systems that you're taught as the most moral way to live. I feel like

even after leaving, I've had a lot of moments where I have to kind of question if my desire to pursue a certain path is coming from the real, quote, real me versus if it's coming from the conditioning I received as a young person. And I think that in following some of those paths, I have often found that I'm still kind of living in this reactionary state where instead of looking toward

even after leaving, I've had a lot of moments where I have to kind of question if my desire to pursue a certain path is coming from the real, quote, real me versus if it's coming from the conditioning I received as a young person. And I think that in following some of those paths, I have often found that I'm still kind of living in this reactionary state where instead of looking toward

even after leaving, I've had a lot of moments where I have to kind of question if my desire to pursue a certain path is coming from the real, quote, real me versus if it's coming from the conditioning I received as a young person. And I think that in following some of those paths, I have often found that I'm still kind of living in this reactionary state where instead of looking toward