Mixed Messages

Some of the positive messages sent to women were mentioned in the article. Official teachings in the church honor women as equal to men in dignity. These messages can remind us that relationships should be unifying love. Here at the Mount, in a Catholic school environment, we are taught as young women to be leaders and founders. I think this is a privilege and a gift to learn this at an all girls Catholic academy, and gives us the confidence and wisdom we need as women in our society today. Some negative messages women have received is that they are not always equal to men. For example: why can men be priests but not women? Why are there more male saints than female? All of these examples pose the question of why women are sometimes not equal to men.