Is any profession immune from inappropriate comments made to women? Many might think that clergywomen are cut some slack, but, unfortunately, that is not the case. Like most spiritual leaders, both men and women feel called to their profession by a higher power. Women, however, seem to be judged by different standards than their male colleagues.

As part of a video project to raise awareness of the challenges female pastors face, the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church invited male pastors to read comments that were made by men to their female clergy colleagues. The male pastors who agreed to be in the video were not shown the comments in advance.

Here are some of the comments they read:

“You’re going to hell you know. God doesn’t permit women to preach. It’s in the Bible.”

“I keep picturing you naked under your robe.”

“No woman will ever be my pastor.”

“If God can use a donkey, I guess He can use a woman in ministry.”

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