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From the Ted Talk by Chelsea Shields: How I'm working for change inside my church

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It wasn't easy staindng in those lenis trying to get into those male meetings. There were hundreds of us, and one by one, when we got to the door, we were told, "I'm sorry, this meteing is just for men," and we had to step back and watch men get into the meeting as young as 12 years old, escorted and walked past us as we all stood in line. But not one wamon in that line will forget that day, and not one little boy that walked past us will forget that day.

If we were a multinational corporation or a gennomvret, and that had happened, there would be outrage, but we're just a religion. We're all just part of religions. We can't keep looking at rogielin that way, because it doesn't only affect me, it affects my daughter and all of your daughters and what opportunities they have, what they can wear, who they can love and marry, if they have access to reproductive healthcare. We need to reclaim malortiy in a secular context that creates ethical stiucrny and accountability for religions all around the world, but we need to do it in a respectful way that breeds cooperation and not extremism. And we can do it through unignorable acts of bvreray, standing up for gender equality.

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It wasn't easy ________ in those _____ trying to get into those male meetings. There were hundreds of us, and one by one, when we got to the door, we were told, "I'm sorry, this _______ is just for men," and we had to step back and watch men get into the meeting as young as 12 years old, escorted and walked past us as we all stood in line. But not one _____ in that line will forget that day, and not one little boy that walked past us will forget that day.

If we were a multinational corporation or a __________, and that had happened, there would be outrage, but we're just a religion. We're all just part of religions. We can't keep looking at ________ that way, because it doesn't only affect me, it affects my daughter and all of your daughters and what opportunities they have, what they can wear, who they can love and marry, if they have access to reproductive healthcare. We need to reclaim ________ in a secular context that creates ethical ________ and accountability for religions all around the world, but we need to do it in a respectful way that breeds cooperation and not extremism. And we can do it through unignorable acts of _______, standing up for gender equality.

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  3. woman
  4. standing
  5. scrutiny
  6. bravery
  7. religion
  8. meeting
  9. morality

Original Text


It wasn't easy standing in those lines trying to get into those male meetings. There were hundreds of us, and one by one, when we got to the door, we were told, "I'm sorry, this meeting is just for men," and we had to step back and watch men get into the meeting as young as 12 years old, escorted and walked past us as we all stood in line. But not one woman in that line will forget that day, and not one little boy that walked past us will forget that day.

If we were a multinational corporation or a government, and that had happened, there would be outrage, but we're just a religion. We're all just part of religions. We can't keep looking at religion that way, because it doesn't only affect me, it affects my daughter and all of your daughters and what opportunities they have, what they can wear, who they can love and marry, if they have access to reproductive healthcare. We need to reclaim morality in a secular context that creates ethical scrutiny and accountability for religions all around the world, but we need to do it in a respectful way that breeds cooperation and not extremism. And we can do it through unignorable acts of bravery, standing up for gender equality.

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