A problem with Aristotle is that he believed that truth could be reached solely by applying reason. He "reasoned" that a heavier weight would fall faster than a lighter: It never occurred to him to test this by dropping two objects of the same material, one heavier than the other. His view was unchallenged until Galileo dropped two objects at the same time, their simultaneous hitting the ground should have spelt the end of Aristotle's idea.

Unfortunately, it is still very much alive in the institutional Church. Thus we get synods on the family where every participant is an unmarried man. They know what the answers should be, input from actual family members is unnecessary.

They take Genesis 1:27, "male and female he created them" and read that to mean that one's genetics (they know about that, but not too much about it -- sex determination is not as simple as they believe) absolutely determine one's gender per omnia saecula saeculorum. Don't give us modern psychology, it's irrelevant