As many men here have pointed out, they feel uncomfortable in an environment they perceive as feminine.
Does this mean that they should “grow up” or “get over it”?
I do not think so. Perhaps it is time for women to be more accepting of men. I think we see many situations where men are expected, no required to accept feminine idiosyncrasies. To the extent that this does not go against the faith, that is fine.
Unfortunately, I see virtually no quid pro quo. Women are taught by our secular/feminist society to never be accepting of masculinity. Instead masculine men, who love sports, are a little physical at times, and who do not like lots of flowers or the color pink, are derided as cavemen, pigs or just insensitive.
Who, in fact, is being insensitive to whom here?
Men complain about the “sissyfication” of the Church. Women respond saying “alter girls don’t discourage boys”. Yet they forget about the “koodies” children feel. Or the lines old childrens poem, “girls are spice and everything nice, boys are snails and puppy-dog tails.” (quite badly quoted, but you get the idea.
A woman lector says, “I’m only there for five minutes.” Yes, but you are be more memorable because you are not the priest.
A female EMHC says, “It is not like I favor women’s ordination.” Yet it is a woman who performing what had been the exclusive duty of priests since the founding of the Church.
Men are vanishing from the church. Women are not leaving in anywhere near as great of numbers. This is unmistakably a gender-related issue.
Given this very real and serious situation, the obvious question is “What are women doing to cause this?”
A follow-up question could be, “If every soul is of inestimable value, and since men are being driven away from the Church in droves, what must we do, what sacrifices must we embrace, to save the eternal soul of these men?”
Do not let the twisted values of secularism or the false equality of feminism, which confuses equality with being the same, influence your thinking.
