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From the A Glimpse of Thigh department

2/28/2014

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Taliban, USA

Some 30 years ago, a leader in a position of authority over Mormon missionaries in northern California established a policy requiring all female missionaries to cut their hair painfully short. Why? So they wouldn’t be “a temptation” to the male missionaries.

Yeah, but that was 30 years ago. Surely today’s
Mormon Church knows better than to blame men’s unseemly thoughts and actions on women’s appearance. Or maybe not. In a post dated March 2014 (a neat trick, considering that as of this writing it is February 28, 2014), Mormon General Authority Tad R. Callister writes, “The dress of a woman has a powerful impact upon the minds and passions of men. If it is too low or too high or too tight, it may prompt improper thoughts, even in the mind of a young man who is striving to be pure.”

There you have it. When males have dirty thoughts or act out sexually, it’s not their fault. It’s because some female dressed as she oughtn’t to have.

To enjoy a laugh—or experience horror—at the Mormon Church’s obsession with things sexual,
click here and read all of Callister’s post. Even the title, “The Lord’s Standard of Morality” is revealing. For most people, morality refers to treating one another with fairness and dignity. In Mormondom, morality refers almost exclusively to what one does with one’s privates.

You might also be interested in this article by Salt Lake Tribune reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack, which reveals that Mormon leaders male and female push such nonsense on girls as young as four.

Growing large in numbers, as Mormonism has done, doesn’t mean outgrowing cultish control.
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Meet your fellow fans

2/25/2014

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Besides you, ever wonder
who else is reading?

Plus a humorous fact about people who find this website by mistake

So far over 4,000 people have read “It’s Not About the Sex” My Ass. Yesterday we were delighted to note that someone downloaded the Kindle edition in India. As far as we know, that’s our first reader in South Asia. For that matter, in Asia, period.

Most of our readers are in the U.S. We also have a fair share in Canada and Australia*, a few in the UK and Italy, and even two in Denmark.
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Not every visitor to this website is necessarily an interested reader. Porn seekers googling two words that happen to occur in our title (need we tell you which?) often stumble onto this site. How disappointed they must be. Not only is our book not porn, it doesn’t even have pictures.
*Largely thanks to Kylie Sturgess. Listen to her interview with Joanne by clicking here.
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Sharon likes our book!

2/24/2014

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Thank you, Sharon, for the rave review!

We love reader reviews. Here is the latest, from Sharon. If you’d rather read it on Amazon, click here. (If you go to Amazon, you can also read the prior review, which wasn’t so positive. It happens.)
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★★★★★ Funny but serious

I don't believe I have ever read such a funny book in my life. It kept me in stitches all Sunday afternoon, because I couldn't put it down. The only thing was, the subject was not funny. My husband and I have encountered similar things of a lesser degree in churches throughout our 50 years of marriage. However, unlike the author, these things led us away from church and not away from God. The humor with which the author wrote gave me a greater understanding of these groups of people which I had been wanting.This "church" was not based on the Bible, but on some horney little man's misinterpretation of the Bible. So glad I found this book. I read most of the book to my husband, and he liked it, too.—Sharon
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Facts need no protection

2/18/2014

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Beware
“Beware What You Read”

It’s not usual for truth sects—groups claiming unique possession of The Whole Truth—to caution adherents against exposure to apostates, outsiders, nonbelievers, literature, and media which they fear may weaken their faith.
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What an interesting proposition—the idea that some varieties of fact (another word for “truth”) need protecting. Physics, math, and English teachers do not caution students to avoid people who say electrons do not have a negative charge, 2 plus 2 do not equal 4, or from is not a preposition. What is it about The Whole Truth that makes it less robust than other varieties of fact?

Some take it so far as to caution against anything deemed “not uplifting.” Which is a shame. Take, for instance, literature that raises deep questions. Avoiding it leads to accepting depthless, black-and-white platitudes. No wonder that failure to think things through is stock-in-trade for truth sect adherents, and that so many of them have woefully limited knowledge, horizons, and thinking skills.

Facts need no protection from challenge. They emerge from challenges strengthened, refined, or replaced. Any of which means progress.
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A bit of perspective

2/9/2014

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Study:
“Young American adults giving up
religion in record numbers”

Writing for Progressive Secular Humanist on Patheos.com, Michael Stone reports:
“The religious landscape is changing drastically in the United States as young adults abandon religion in record numbers.

A recent PRRI survey shows that growing religious differences between seniors, America’s oldest adults, and Millennials, America’s youngest adults, are dramatic.
The survey shows a significant religious difference separating seniors and Millennials, and the number of each who identify as religiously unaffiliated. Nearly one-third (31%) of Millennials identify as religiously unaffiliated, compared to roughly 1-in-10 (11%) seniors. Millennials (13%) are also about four times more likely than seniors (3%) to identify as atheist or agnostic.

One thing is certain, the religious landscape of the United States is becoming much more diverse, and that diversity is generational. The survey shows that more than 7-in-10 (71%) seniors identify as some type of white Christian, while less than 3-in-10 (28%) of Millennials identify as white Christian.

Good news for secular Americans. The tide is turning.
One can only hope. To read this and other pieces by Michael Stone on Patheos.com, click here.
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New reviews on Amazon

2/2/2014

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Reviews of “It's Not About the Sex" My Ass
on Amazon–now up to 52!

To all who post reviews on Amazon.com, BN.com, and iBookstore, a huge thank you! Here are two new ones:
★★★★☆ Fun easy read

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book! The way she explains everything, you really understand why people in the cults believe what they do and why.—Casey
★★★★☆ A fun fast read

This book was refreshing in the fact that the author could look back and laugh at her experiences. I laughed with her through much of the book. Most books I've read about polygamy have been brutally heart wrenching. Previously being LDS I could totally relate to her how their family slid down the slippery slope until they had gone into the dark shadows of formerly practiced Mormon teachings. Loved her wit and strength through it all!—GMO BLonde
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