Do us catholics really discriminate against women?

[Bruised_Reed]

Neithan:

Yes, Holy Orders is a sacrament for men, and there is no explicit sacrament only for women. I agree that at first sight it seems that men have some sort of special status. But what is Holy Orders? It is male because the Church herself is female. Holy Orders makes the grooms for the great Bride. There may be one sacrament which creates only fathers, but the source of all the sacraments is Holy Mother Church.

I’ve been looking for a kind of sound bite explanation like this for those times I have one chance to explain, in 25 words or less, why women are not ordained. Thanks.