No, you're a "problem" because you think that a boy is so insecure that if a female also hands one of the cruets to father the altar boy's whole little world will be shattered. Sheesh. Did it ever cross your mind that maybe a girl serving at mass might also be inspired to become a nun? 100-1 it never occured to you. Serving mass is good for BOTH OF THEM.
Frankly, Ive always thought that the whole girl altar server was less about service than it was pushy women whining until they got their way.
Then you think wrong. Why is having a penis a prerequisite for assisting the priest at mass? IS the server ALSO consecrating the bread and wine? NO. Then lay off with your fantasies about "pushy women" and realize that it's good for BOTH boys and girls to learn to serve mass and develop a love of the eucharist. Think about equity and justice for once. Did you have a sister that regularly beat the snot out of you? Or if you are a woman, were you one of those "weak sisters" that threw a ball "like a girl" and resented any any girl that didn't feel like hanging around wearing pink all day and giggling about boys and had a life of her own not ordained or governed by your little clique of what was "socially proper?"
And frankly, I doubt Jesus would have slapped at any child, but remember who He was with when He instituted the Eucharist - 12 MEN. He wasn't with children
Gee, then by your "logic" [/snicker] women shouldn't attend mass at all. Who do you think made the bread and washed the dishes?
There weren't ANY "altar boys" at the last supper either. "Altar boys" were a man made _CUSTOM_. Man made customs can be altered. OR perhaps you will argue for slavery too since Paul told slaves to be obedient to their slave masters.
Try realizing that times change. Do you stand by the door of your church and wag your finger at women/girls wearing braids and pearl earrings too? You sound like you have enough time on your hands to worry about that.
There may be some good reasons for a male only priesthood. But I can find NONE for a "male only" altar server "requirement." To hear some of you talk it's like you believe the sacristy is some sort of male locker room with gang showers. Or it's like you hold some sort of primative belief that if a menstruating women touches something a virile man is using he becomes ritually impure or some such nonsense. Get a grip and come into the 21st century.