I blame women

[Gob]

Women. Is there anything good and holy in this world that they don't destroy?

From inserting themselves into the Westminster system of governance to bastardising the glorious and noble tradition of wage inequality, there are no depths to which these banshees won't stoop in their nefarious attempts to further marginalise men and turn them into slaves. If you thought it was bad enough that their absurd demands to be viewed as equal human beings had resulted in the death of conjugal rights, now it seems they've gone and brought down the whole of the Catholic Church.

Yes, from the same institution that brought us witch burning, forced adoptions and centuries of patriarchal rule comes accusations that radical feminism is to blame for the spate of problems plaguing the Vatican. In a recent interview with an apparently serious website called The New Emangelism: Drawing Men to Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church, Cardinal Raymond Burke (formerly of St. Louis) opined that, "the radical feminism which has assaulted the Church and society since the 1960s has left men very marginalised." This radical feminism has resulted in men being confused about their role in life, which has led to all kinds of disastrous things like a decrease in the number of altar boys alongside an increase in the number of priests who inappropriately touch them.

"There was a period of time when men who were feminised and confused about their own sexual identity had entered the priesthood," said Burke, "Sadly some of these disordered men sexually abused minors; a terrible tragedy for which the Church mourns."

According to Ye Olde Cardinal, the Church has been forced to 'constantly' address women's issues at the expense of addressing critical issues important to men. While persistently and obsessively denying women access to contraception, reproductive healthcare autonomy, unwed motherhood, sexual and gender equality, religious freedom and positions of doctrinal leadership could technically be seen as constantly addressing 'women's issues', it's difficult to understand exactly how this has in any way benefited lady-people. Frankly, it'd be a lot more helpful if the Church turned their attention to men for a bit.

Be that as it may, Cardinal Burke – who was recently demoted to a largely ceremonial role after a stoush with Pope Francis – is Very Concerned about the role of men both in and out of the Church. Because what will men do if they can't be the boss of everything? It starts with him being asked to make dinner once in a while and before you know it, society has collapsed and cats and dogs are living together.

Here are just a handful of other terrible things Radical Feminism is responsible for:

[Big RR]

you can't make these things up.

[wesw]

that no marriage thing is just brilliant.....

[TPFKA@W]

I blame testosterone.

[Sue U]

I blame Obama.

[Lord Jim]

I blame Reagan.

[dgs49]

The St Louis Cardinal? Who knew?

I hate to fall back on semantics here, but "radical feminist" is quasi-slanderous expression that is totally meaningless if not defined. In that respect, it is similar to "arch-conservative" - also undefinable. It simply refers to women that the speaker doesn't like.

I think Cardinal Burke is suffering from being too long detached from the reality of living in society.

[Lord Jim]

I think Cardinal Burke is suffering from being a berk....

[Sue U]

The St Louis Cardinal? Who knew?

[Scooter]

I hate to fall back on semantics here, but "radical feminist" is quasi-slanderous expression that is totally meaningless if not defined. In that respect, it is similar to "arch-conservative" - also undefinable. It simply refers to women that the speaker doesn't like.

I think Cardinal Burke is suffering from being too long detached from the reality of living in society.

Who are you and what have you done with Dave?