Sisters, you have been washed and anointed
to become queens and priestesses to your husbands.
What was expected of young women at the time
was sort of straight away start a family.
In particular, the idea of sort of multiple wives
and of women being subservient to men.
Rules that were made mostly by men 2,000 or more years ago.
Our duty is to help our husbands stand that tall,
without them knowing we're holding them up.
What this show does show is the extent to which
the female characters within this structure
are satellites of their patriarchs.
They're not given independence.
They're not really encouraged to make a living.
It becomes really obvious that what's expected of a woman
in that particular type of system
would mean that she would have to give up who she is.
And Brenda's a great sort of lens to see that through,
because she is from a more liberal family who always
encouraged her to be her full self
and not just make babies and have a family straight away.
It's the '80s now.
I want you to use your education.
There is no reason you shouldn't have a life, too.
I'm Diana's Ron's wife.
We've saved two seats for you over here.
You don't mind, do you?
No, of course not.
Brenda had a great relationship
with the other women in the Lafferty family
who were married to the other Lafferty sons.
I think the Holy Spirit is so close to you.
And they were challenged by her.
I think God sent you to me.
They were more resigned to their role.
So she was this questioning mind.
Brenda?
It's just from what I can see, Dan and Matilda could
use all the help they can get.
Brenda saw through it to ask questions,
to look into history, and that was
incredibly brave at the time for a woman to do it.
Imagine how helpful it will be when I have become the courts.
This is a profile in courage.
So you just get rid of the 16th Amendment?
Yeah.
No more federal taxes?
No.
Dan's not going to like her stepping on his toes,
and he's the man of the house now.
So mind your property.
There was many ways that Brenda pushed back
to the role expected of her, and in particular
deciding to pursue being on TV.
And in fact, she was one of the first female broadcasters
in Utah.
As far away as Washington, DC, may seem to some--
So she's able to expose that more
archaic way of thinking by trying to open
up the other women's eyes.
The gravest sin that she committed
that in the eyes of these men was having her own mind.
Liar!
She's a liar!
And it's horrifying to witness.
My character has two daughters of his own
and a wife that he loves dearly and a mother
that he takes care of.
But he sees that this violence against women
is baked in, has been since the beginning.
It all sounds pretty crazy, if you ask me.
But he didn't ask you.
And he wouldn't.
So if I was you, I would keep my mouth shut
until I'd done my research.
I think what the series does incredibly powerfully
and potently is it shines a light on this misogyny.
What any patriarchal fundamentalist system
expects of women is to sacrifice their freedoms.
Brenda had the courage to ask tough questions.
I dare you!
Stop.
The Lafferty brothers taught to honor the priesthood,
which means just men.
She questioned that.
Brenda saw the Lafferty brothers' steps into
fundamentalism as dangerous.
No, Brenda was trying to protect me from going astray.
She risked her life in order to save
her family from losing itself in that death
spiral of fundamentalism.
We must do whatever it takes to get
them off this wicked path.