The Highway Forums General Discussion Open Forum Men's and Women's studies

I am interested to know if anyone has any thoughts or experiences with their local church investing great theological study material and instruction into the women and ladies of the church, while keeping the men to the studies of such things as self help and "be a nice guy" theology. I do not support or justify the seperating of families at the church, and I do not allow the training and instruction of my family to be outsourced to my local church, so please don't misunderstand. I am trying to understand (and it may not be possible) the motive behind the dumbing down of the men, and the intense investments into the ladies of a given church. For example, the women gathering twice a week to study the Holiness of God by Sproul, while the men meet once every few weeks to study Patrick Morley's man in the mirror. Or the ladies gathering to study the doctrines of calvinism while the men are together to study economics by Dave Ramsey. Is this fruit of lazy men without any desire to lead, or is this more complex? I am interested to see what anyone might have to say. Again, I do not partake in these activities. I train my children, I teach my wife, I lead my family as is my responsability. But, this is the state of my local church that I describe and I am willing to bet that others have encountered this.