What's the prestige of nun's compared to monks? I thought it was basically the same ranking, but I'm not Catholic.
To me it's about choice. If there is a woman that wants to prepare herself and attain a position of leadership, then she should be allowed to do so. Just as any man who wants to prepare himself and attain a position of leadership can do so.
This idea of doing what you're "prepared" to do is pretty scary. How does one come to be "prepared" for X or Y? You're quickly going to slide into essentialist notions (the issue of what women's "nature" is, for instance) in many of these institutions.
And then no one wins.
alcyone
