Much is being made about Ann Romney and her choice to stay home and raise her five sons. Of course she could afford to do it regardless of her religious bent, but it is true that the Mormon faith does encourage women to stay home and raise kids and eschew work outside of the home.
There are Mormon women, plenty of them, who are in the labor force, however.
What is more problematic in my opinion is the religious sect's relentless pressure on Mormons to marry and preferably at a young age.
Years ago, 1980 to be exact, there was a good book written about these very issues, Patriarchs and Politics: The Plight of the Mormon Woman, by Marilyn Warenski. Although it is an old book, it is still relevant today.
No doubt the Romneys' religious beliefs will be held under much scrutiny.
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