[maryz]

more than 2,000 out of 9,500 Anglican clergy are women, as are almost half of trainee priests.

I recall reading years ago, when the feminists pointed to the number of female doctors in the USSR, that they omitted to mention that as the number of females rose, the number of males in the profession dropped, until it was perceived as a female thing, and almost no males were interested. Seems to be what I'm seeing in my parish with the altar girls: for several months, summer into fall, I never saw one altar boy at the Mass I attend.

[Does so]

"...I never saw one altar boy at the Mass I attend..."

Unfortunately, there's a stigma associated today that didn't used to be there. :-(

[NYer]

I recall reading years ago, when the feminists pointed to the number of female doctors in the USSR, that they omitted to mention that as the number of females rose, the number of males in the profession dropped, until it was perceived as a female thing, and almost no males were interested. Seems to be what I'm seeing in my parish with the altar girls: for several months, summer into fall, I never saw one altar boy at the Mass I attend.

Back in the early 70's, as the feminist movement was beggining to take shape, a close friend, an Italian immigrant, made an observation that, at the time (in my youthful naivete), made me laugh. He was a scholar of Classical Civilizations. Pointing to Ancient Greece and Rome, he noted that throughout history, each time women rose to power, they were immediately followed by a rise in the homosexual movement, after which the societies eventually collapsed. Since then, you and I have watched this same phenomenon, not only here but all around the world. I stopped laughing many years ago. May God have mercy on our souls.