Letter to the bishops: "Through this same spousal [Adam + Eve] perspective, the ancient Genesis narrative allows us to understand how woman, in her deepest and original being, exists 'for the other'." (From here, a short, ugly road to women being the fluffers, helpers, listeners, doormats, and sex outlets of the universe.) 

It's too bad the Vatican can't recognize this awful distortion and how it has led to the sin of male entitlement. The proper principle is that All--male, female, and in-between--exist to be in relation with each other. Not in "spousal" relation, but in relation generally. 

Big difference. I believe Jesus Christ, in word and deed, lived and died as though the latter were the case. In fact, it's one of the few things that give me hope.