Abstract
Women in the Church. Why is it that four words generate so much emotion today? For many contemporary women, the mere mention of the topic brings to the surface strong feelings of frustration, resentment and anger. They feel unrecognized, unappreciated, condemned to a "second-class citizenship" in a Church dominated by men.
I remember in particular one young woman, a vivacious and very intelligent student in a class I was teaching, who withdrew into a strained silence when the class wandered off the topic of the day and into a discussion of the ordination of women. When I asked her later what had happened, this young women - who was not especially "into" women's issues - replied that she had become at once so angry and so hurt at the thought that a role she admired and respected in the Church was closed to her simply because she was a woman, that her feelings had simply gotten away from her.
I remember in particular one young woman, a vivacious and very intelligent student in a class I was teaching, who withdrew into a strained silence when the class wandered off the topic of the day and into a discussion of the ordination of women. When I asked her later what had happened, this young women - who was not especially "into" women's issues - replied that she had become at once so angry and so hurt at the thought that a role she admired and respected in the Church was closed to her simply because she was a woman, that her feelings had simply gotten away from her.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 33-35 |
| Journal | The Priest |
| Volume | 37 |
| State | Published - Nov 1981 |
Disciplines
- Catholic Studies
- Women's Studies