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Originally Posted by marsupial
Just to clarify: I certainly believe that women in the church should be disciplined for sexual sin. Whether a woman is punished as severely as the participating Priesthood holder is not my decision. However, it makes sense to me when she is not. A responsibility of the Priesthood is to protect women. When a Priesthood holder has sex with a woman that is not his wife, even when consensual, he is failing in his responsibility to protect her.
Well, it's nice to have you two agreeing on something.
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This sounds awefully pedantic and paternalistic. I see the protection aspect as extending to wife and children, not to women in general. In fact, if I were to voice that my duty as a priesthood holder is protect women, I'd be laughed into the ground. We're adults. If one party consents with another to have sex, we're both to share in the responsibility.