Women in the church

Ok in class we had a lot of discussion on women and their roles in the church. John Paul 2nd said that women basically had two choices, they could either be nuns or get married and have children. I find this comment a bit offensive. I mean yes that seems to be the only choices but why can women not be allowed to show their faith in the same extremities as men. Just because we are not men does not mean that we cant have the same feelings about the lord or want to be able to express our devotion the same way. I just find the fact that women cant be ordained to be a bit racist and stupid. I mean if women were allowed to be ordained would it hurt the worlds faith any more than what has happened in some already.