"Where is the Catholic church?"

For some young women, it's where Ms. Mertens is. Hearing your religion teacher decry sexism, utter the words "rape culture," and put Donald Trump in context will have an impact on many of these students.

But for others, the Catholic Church will be in another place altogether, blaming the Pill and the sexual revolution when the truth is far more complex. Men's treatment of women has always had the potential to be violent and has, in many situations, *been* violent. Women's dependency covered this up to a large degree, placing males in positions of power and authority. For many men, this was sufficient to curtail their aggressive impulses, especially if it was the only way they could get sex. 

Undo dependency, and problems are bound to follow. It must be remembered how unprecedented this social innovation was. As men and women, we haven't worked it out yet. Unfortunately, the Church's pronouncements on the subject have been singularly unhelpful.