Controversies about issues of human sexuality certainly precede Amoris Laetitia, and will continue as long as the patriarchal gender binary remains normative in the sacramental life of the Church.  The "binary" is reinforced every time Catholics go to Mass and must endure a patriarchal liturgy where the divine feminine is suppressed by the male-only priesthood.  As long as the Catholic liturgy remains patriarchal, there is no way in the world that better understanding of gender issues can be attained in light of the Christian faith, and more and more people will drift away as they recognize that the body of Christ is not a woman with a male head.  This is an issue that must be faced head on, gradualism will not do and is simply prolonging the agony.  Next year is the 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae.  Why should the Church keep using the patriarchal binary as an artificial contraceptive of priestly vocations?  Why should the Church keep aborting female priestly vocations?  WHY?