[Lorianne]

I don't know. It is hard for me to see how a Church who's heirachy is all men could be "alienating" to men. Even so, men don't participate in the same numbers as women and I believe this has been the case for a very long time. It would seem the Catholic church itself would be interested in the whys of this situation.

[nickcarraway]

I don't know. It is hard for me to see how a Church who's heirachy is all men could be "alienating" to men.

Well, your assumption is that whether members of the hierarchy are the same sex as one is either alienating or comforting. That may be the case for you, but it's not something that occurs to me. There are any number of all-male groups that are alienating to me. For example, the Democrat party's hierarchy is almost exclusively male, but it alienates me.

[nickcarraway]

Even so, men don't participate in the same numbers as women and I believe this has been the case for a very long time.

my question is the reason for this because of something that is inherent in the nature of men and women? By the way, you must admit that this is not only true of Catholicism.

It would seem the Catholic church itself would be interested in the whys of this situation.

This is itself may be a sign they are.

[nickcarraway]

It is hard for me to see how a Church who's heirachy is all men could be "alienating" to men.

Isn't there something about Christianity itself that can be alienating to men, especially young men?