I agree - permanent deacons male/female should not be at all since this ministry only takes work from the laity, making the laity less involved while being an example of sexism either because women are still not allowed to be ordained deacons or because that is all they are allowed to be ordained to do.  

The worthwhile fight is the one for exact same ordination of women as men, starting with priesthood & women being made Cardinals right away.  This fight will bring justice & genuine unity to our religion.  

We need to get back to teaching the actual Gospels of Jesus Christ which condemned anyone treating any other person differently than they wished to be treated and never taught women should be treated differently than men.  Christ picked 12 Jewish Male Apostles to satisfy the law regarding the inheritance of Abraham's lineage, (per Jesus words in 2 Gospels) rooting Christianity in Judaism.  Jesus called them to be judges not priests.  NO gentile or women could satisfy this rule.