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English
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Un-Silencing : Exploring Patriarchal Wounds, Individuation, and the Process of Healing for Women Post-Mormonism
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Carpinteria, California
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Pacifica Graduate Institute
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Master's Thesis
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This thesis studies the population of women who are subjected to and psychologically affected by the patriarchal religious teachings of the Mormon Church. This work rests on the belief, based on heuristic and hermeneutic methodologies, that psychological harm related to patriarchy is profound and has direct cultural implications, creating complex and painful confusion for women. In addition to exploring existing research related to the Mormon Church, and the psychological illnesses that can result from living in a patriarchal culture, the author shares her memories and observations about being raised in the Mormon culture. Essential to the research is the author's discussion of her experience of individuation and subsequent rejection of the patriarchal oppression of the Mormon Church. This thesis explores how the process of individuation may help women cope with the psychological illnesses related to being raised in the Mormon Church, or on a larger scale, under any patriarchal religion.