Only men get their feet washed on Holy Thursday?

Ed Peters of In the Light of the Law looks at this question which comes up every year just about this time (as Zenit, AMDG, BettNet attest):

At just over 1,100 words, my remarks on the annual controversy over who should have their feet washed on Holy Thursday came in a bit long for a blog (I try to keep blog entries under 500 words). My thoughts, such as they are, though, are here if you're interested: "Our Lenten foot fight: it's time to resolve the mandatum rubric debate."