Aren't women a nuisance? They cause all sorts of problems in Christian and other religious circles because they actually think that they are an equal sex andthat they could minister to the laity with understanding, love and concern.

Well they're not equal in my household!

I, as the male, make all the really big decisions. I I, and only I, decide whether the Bank of England or the Fed should alter interest rates, whether troops should leave Iraq and if politics is really corrupt.

My wife makes all the domestic decisions such as where we should live, what we need to buy and when we should go on holiday. I really can't trust her to do more important tasks, because we know, don't we chaps, that women are just inferior.

However, I can find no confirmation of their inferiority. In the Gospels charting the Ministry of Jesus, he only gave two commandments, "Love God and love your neighbour as yourself", but others who came after knew what he really, really meant didn't they?

Well didn't they?

Please tell me they were right and that women are the incapable sex.

Harold Marshall Bolton