Possibly one of the reasons there is a priest shortage is that young men do not want to become priests because they do not want to join a 'brotherhood' that is disgracefully chauvinistic. Women are not allowed to have the best jobs in Church administration. Women are barred from the Altar. So making the Church even more chauvinistic by allowing all men, even married men, to be priests, will not solve the problem of chauvinism. It would be contrary to Jesus' teachings to perpetuate and intensify the chauvinism. It is silly to have separate roles for men and women. Yes, gender influences who a person becomes, but enhances and does not limit a person. (Gender is not limiting except at the level of gametes and plumbing). It is a terrible falsehood that women should be segregated and limited. Let there be 'neither male nor female,' a 'priesthood of all believers,' where 'all may be One.' The Church may be paying the price for disregarding the sacred texts and instead opting for chauvinism.