Women seem to be underrepresented in Christianity, even to this day. In the Catholic Church, the fact that women can not be priests or authoritative figures in the Church has been controversial for many years. When recalling discussions I have had on such issues, it has always been said that it’s not because women are subordinate to men, but more so because they are more representative of Jesus, who was a man. I think its interesting that even in the Bible there is a more male dominant presence. In the Bible, there are also quite a few women are merely mentioned and that’s the end of hearing about them. To this day, we still haven’t worked out all the inequality between the genders in the Church. But, is it really inequality? Or is it more about carrying tradition? This idea is something that occurred to me after having class. I really don’t think it’s an equality issue, however, I can see how one might think that it is. Because Jesus is viewed as the Son of God and the person administering mass is representative of Jesus, it makes sense that it would be encouraged for a man to fulfill the role of being a priest. Having been in the Catholic Church my whole life, I think its also worth noting that the traditional view of women is that she stays home, does the housework, and tends to the children. I believe this also could play a part in why women aren’t priests or of any power in the Catholic Church.
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