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| | FT August/September 2003: Correspondence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | It is not the case that a “female cannot represent Christ because of her femininity.” That is an incorrect answer to the question, “Why can a woman not be ordained?” Any woman can represent Christ precisely because of her femininity. |
 | | Chauvinism as a consequence of original sin necessitated that the Christ be a man. For due to chauvinism, a female Christ would not have been recognized by men as being their Lord, their Rabbi, their Savior. |
 | | Christ exemplified sacrificial love, which chauvinism identifies as a weakness and as a peculiarity of women; according to chauvinism, maleness is about strength, independence, power, and control. |
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