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Sutton, Travis, "According to Their Wills and Pleasures". The Sexual
Stereotyping of Mormon Men in American Film and Television. Master of Arts (Radio,
Television and Film), May 2009, 187 pp., references, 107 titles.
This thesis examines the representation of Mormon men in American film and
television, with particular regard for sexual identity and the cultural association of
Mormonism with sexuality. The history of Mormonism's unique marital practices and
doctrinal approaches to gender and sexuality have developed three common stereotypes
for Mormon male characters: the purposeful heterosexual, the monstrous polygamist, and
the self-destructive homosexual. Depending upon the sexual stereotype in the narrative,
the Mormon Church can function as a proponent for nineteenth-century views of
sexuality, a symbol for society's repressed sexuality, or a metaphor for the oppressive
effects of performing gender and sexuality according to ideological constraints. These
ideas are presented in Mormon films such as Saturday's Warrior (1989) as well as
mainstream films such as A Mormon Maid (1917) and Advise and Consent (1962).
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Sutton, Travis. "According to Their Wills and Pleasures": The Sexual Stereotyping of Mormon Men in American Film and Television, thesis, May 2009; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9825/m1/2/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .