| Description |
In "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" (1995), the LDS church leadership lays out a protocol for its members that mandates family formation as the most central component of an individual's life, both on earth and for eternity. Unsurprisingly, Mormons stand out as demographic exceptions when it comes to marriage rates, median marriage age, and birthrates. This paper aims to explore the ways in which this emphasis on family formation impacts the discourse on masculinity amongst LDS men in emerging adulthood. Original focus group data generated for this paper offers insights into the uniqueness of LDS masculinity construction and how this unique view on masculinity is reproduced via rigid expectations for men relating to family formation during their early lives. |
