natalie has some thoughts off a umc.org article on the subject
i call it bogus article time could have been better spent covering a methodist president meeting a critical leader in some of our churches social justice endeavors but instead we get an article on this guy's thoughts..
"He must watch his language, mind his manners and be extra polite," Murrow writes in his popular 2005 book, Why Men Hate Going to Church. That's because the altar flowers and felt banners, mostly female Sunday school teachers and blue-haired ladies playing the organ, all make church feel like a "woman's thing." And unless a man enjoys serving on a committee or passing out bulletins, he may feel there's not much for him to do, so he steers clear.