Nuns were the original empowered women, you know. That was one thing the church offered for hundreds of years: if you don't want to be what society tells you have to be, you could always join the church and be a priest/monk/nun instead.
But yeah, I get what you're saying. I don't have any explanation for you, other than he/she was what I was taught in the 80s in Oklahoma public schools.
But yeah, I get what you're saying. I don't have any explanation for you, other than he/she was what I was taught in the 80s in Oklahoma public schools.