Comments on: Porn Holdouts, Priesthood Power, BYU’s Sex Ratio

By: WVS

WVS — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:44:20 +0000

“It may be than it’s more a man’s problem. But it’s not nonexistent among women. The tendency, however, is for women to consume verbal porn rather than visual port (explicit novels and other writings.)”

Once as a high councilor on my periodic bore the congregation assignment I happened to notice the paperback the ward organist had sitting on her bench. Yo.

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:20:50 +0000

John F.,
at the end of each of the bishopric and stake presidency interview, each informed me that there were two new questions and then looked down at their question sheet and appeared to be reading language in bold at the end. The two questions were about pornography and then about masturbation. One of them added an editorial comment that it was a clarification of the LoC.

By: RobH

RobH — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:36:15 +0000

We haven’t received any changes to our recommend questions here in KS.

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:00:40 +0000

Adam, are you saying that there actually wasn’t a question directly about pornography but it was just the chastity question and you interpreted it to refer to pornography? Or did your interviewer actually ask you a question about pornography? As I said, if so, then the new list of questions has not made it out here to the UK yet as I only have access to what I thought was the current list when asking TR interview questions.

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:57:43 +0000

The trend outside the Church now is for there to be significantly more female college students than male college students. Makes me wonder if your declaration of victory in the gender wars may be premature.

This kind of imbalance is arguably what *drives* male “victory” in the gender wars.

By: Vader

Vader — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:56:48 +0000

Given how easy it is to stumble across pornography while engaged in quite innocent web surfing, I’m not sure it’s an unreasonable question.

A lot depends on the personalities involved.

By: Adam Greenwood

Adam Greenwood — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:55:44 +0000

I forget the exact wording, but its from the Church–its write there on the printed page in the handbook, in big bold type, and it says something like ‘oh, btw, when we asked about the Law of Chastity we meant pornography and masturbation too’

By: john f.

john f. — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:37:25 +0000

I don’t think there’s a new question. I’ve given TR interviews recently and there was no new question in the list of questions. Skiing off piste in asking those questions violates the mandate of the CHI, does it not?

Nevertheless, I am aware of Church leaders who ask additional questions in addition to those listed in the official script. Perhaps this is an instance of that.

What was the question, exactly? I have heard of some BYU bishops who ask it this way: When was the last time you looked at pornography? Hopefully your interviewer did not have such little respect for you that he asked it that way.

By: MC

MC — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:56:32 +0000

What precisely was the question?

By: Vader

Vader — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:06:10 +0000

Oh, and:

1. “In an excess of bureacratic indifference or political correctness, apparently the interviewer asks both men and women about it. But we all know that its a man’s problem.”

It may be than it’s more a man’s problem. But it’s not nonexistent among women. The tendency, however, is for women to consume verbal porn rather than visual port (explicit novels and other writings.)

2. Stake presidents aren’t supposed to add their own questions to the temple recommend interview. The instructions are fairly clear on that, or were last time I saw a CHI. Admittedly some time ago.