--- George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While it is true there are differences between men > and women, the justification for barring women > from being priests is not based on anything more > than sexism. Regardless of what fanciful reasons > are given, hiding behind the "theological reasons" > is the belief that women are second-class and > not smart enough or good enough to be priests. > That's the unfortunate message of the Catholic > Church. > > Regards, > George
Hi George, My opinion, which may be flawed, is that there are places and professions which are divided on basis of sex for practical reasons, and one cannot simply state that this is sexism. Funny though, more we go towards the "equality" of the sexes, the more there are women-only lounges, women-only common rooms, women-only gyms, women-only swimming-pools, etc. Also, in 99% (statistics not proven) of divorce cases, it appears that custody of the children go the woman. I wonder why. Is that because in the perceived "equality", there are inequalities? On the other hand, is this reverse-sexism? Men-only clubs have been wiped out. Even in lawn-bowling clubs of Melbourne, in spite of there being a women-only lawns club to cater for her, a woman took a men's lawn-bowling club to court to allow her to participate, and she won. Not that I am a member of any such club, or a contra-feminist, but only to show that there seems to be an imbalance, taking this men/women thing too far. I do appreciate the stand of the Catholic Church. It has nothing to do with considering women as "inferior" or "not smart enough to priests". It has all to do with the mental, physiological makeup, or, to put it in other words, with the conceptual differences in ways men and women think and do (hence the courts' tendencies to give custodial rights of the children to the mother). If you are married, you probably already know that what a woman says is not exactly what a man understands, and vice-versa ;-)). Regards, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. http://au.movies.yahoo.com
