I was struck by the absence of nurses who have seen the harm done to women and children by their significant others.  There were no women who are or were in shelters.  There were no women who were left to support children because of men leaving the home and not paying child support.  Patriarchy has been the bane of women and families with the Catholic church as their standard bearer.  Listening to educated women is a start.  Listening to educated women and mothers would be better while listening to all women across the board from rich elite, educated to uneducated, working poor, stay-at-home women to the poor and starving.  Not one women listened to talked about how the church can make the lives of everyday women better.  Discussing how women can be listened to within the constraints of Catholic magisterium is useless to the vast majority of women.  Oh, and the church MUST stop treating women as if they were a different species.  Hey guys, without women NONE of you would be here.