Ten Reasons for Not Ordaining Men

10. A man's place is in the army.
9. Men with children might be distracted by their parental responsibilities.
8. Ministry is unnatural for men since their physical build suits them better for chopping wood.
7. Man, having been created before woman, is an experiment, not the crowning achievement of creation.
6. Men are too emotional; see how they respond at sporting events.
5. Handsome men will distract female worshippers.
4. Pastoring is a nurturing role; historically, women have been the nurturers.
3. Men are too prone to violence and would be dangerously unstable in conflict situations.
2. Men can still be involved in church work without having to become pastors.
1. Jesus was betrayed by a man, whose lack of faith and subsequent punishment symbolizes the subordinate position all men should assume.

This list was printed in Christian Century, April 18, 2006 and adapted from transformingseminarian.blogspot.com.

I love this list. I think that it is creative and amusing, but I love it best because it shows a tongue in cheek mocking of the reasons why some people think women shouldn't be ordained. I am not a big fan of the battle of the sexes and find it somewhat tiresome. Okay yes this could be because I have sometimes played more of a man's role in dating relationships (avoidance of feelings, strange independence, not returning phone calls) but I think that it has more to do with my belief that when we diminish the sexes down to traditional stereotypes we completely loose the flavor of why we enjoy each other in the first place. Plus it minimizes who we really are as people.

So I enjoy this list because it mocks a belief that I strongly disagree with, and I love to mock.