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When community belonging conflicts with personal growth

I love my Sikh community but the gender roles feel like a cage and I don't know if I can evolve within tradition or need to leave it behind.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Religious communities can provide essential belonging while simultaneously constraining the very development they're meant to support.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Religion and gender — the contested terrain?”

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