I think a lot of the priests I've known have liked women (as friends, I mean). They were just afraid of them. With the exception of the sacraments, women run a lot of the churches. It's a big problem; no strong, masculine leadership.
I think most parish priests are pretty warm with women, but you are probably correct that a lot of priests are scared of them for one reason or another.
Many of them, and women, too, just want to be friends. Even that gets to be a problem because of gossip and appearances. The church does need strong masculine leadership; however, at the same time I don't like to think about going back to being so hard on people like they used to be.