I believe you have been scarred by the ‘first tier’ of women priests, who were mainly angry feminists more interested in advancing women’s issues than in serving God.
I have experienced those kind of women priests as well. We had one in our church, but she was not our rector. She was a man-hater.
As a previous poster said, the suitability of women to be priests should not be judged by the performance of one woman or many women. It’s either right or it isn’t.
I think it is.
These aren't the "first tier" - that was folks like the Episcopal bishop of Boston (who was a totally unqualified affirmative action appointment). We're talking about 28 years' worth -- the older ones are still serving, and now they are rectors and candidates for bishoprics. The last female priest I saw before we converted was a young 20-something. It's not fair to say she was no better than the rest - but she was only marginally better. Still not IMHO qualified to lead a parish.
That parade of female priests simply started me rethinking my opinion.
The real sticking points for me are the sacramental and ontological problems with female priests. I don't think that's as big a problem in, say, a Methodist or Baptist or Presbyterian church - or a "low church" Episcopal parish - where the sermon not the Eucharist is the center of the worship service. But where the priest's central role is to stand in the place of Christ as the High Priest, with the Church as his Bride, and to transmit the Sacraments as alter Christus, there is a serious problem with having a woman in that position. It doesn't work from a theological, representational or traditional standpoint. Or from a practical standpoint either.
Can you advance a theological (as opposed to political or social justice) basis for the ordination of women to the priesthood?