Two sexes 'sin in different ways'

Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful, according to a Vatican report which states that the two sexes sin differently.

A Catholic survey found that the most common sin for women was pride, while for men, the urge for food was only surpassed by the urge for sex.  The report was based on a study of confessions carried out by Fr Roberto Busa, a 95-year-old Jesuit scholar.

from the BBC

Now I don't want to make too much of this, but it strikes me that there are interesting ways to interpret this.  Lust=makes an object of the other;  Pride=makes an object of the self;  Gluttony grabs it all to oneself, while Envy looks on at what Gluttony has grabbed;  Sloth feels no passion, while Anger feels excessive passion.

Of course, maybe men would have less problems with lust, you know, be a little more 'fulfilled' in their relationships, if they simply stopped being fat and lazy...

I'm just sayin'.

Comments

[Andrew The Lesser]

I am wondering about Fr. Busa's methodology and over what period of time he examined this issue, one that, I have to confess (har har), I had never thought about previously. As a male, I have to say he is pretty shrewd.

[joseph]

I don't think he has any arguments from me, at least on one half of the graph.

[Dannielle]

My parents are COMPLETE opposite of that.

I don't think you can say one sin belongs to a certain gender. Everyone has their shortcomings, and no one sin belongs to either gender.

[joseph]

Dannielle - I don't think the "survey" was saying that sins are exclusive to either gender, merely that there are some general patterns which are different between men and women. I think that is probably the case.