I was once in conversation with a man so desperately concerned with women’s rights that he soon put me in my place for defending the male priesthood. I have been put in my place a number of times by a number of men seeking to stand up for women. Clearly, I’m the wrong sort of woman.
Alice von Hildebrand, who says ‘feminism is the death of femininity’, hits on the key that unlocks the mystery of the male priesthood. It is not to do with men oppressing women, it is to do with two forgotten but essential principles, namely "masculinity" and "femininity".
