And RDJ, let`s not forget that men are not to `lord it over` women or anyone. Can`t just have it one way.Hey MC,I dont normally agree with the crowd but in this case its true..woman are not to usurp authority of the man.
1Timothy 2:12 -
But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.
However woman are permitted to lead and teach other women.
Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; that they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.
Men and woman have different roles that is all it is.
`Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by constraint but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly: nor as being LORDS OVER those entrusted to you....be submissive to one another...` (1 Peter 5: 2 & 3, & 5)
The word `Silence` is NOT what you are thinking. Look up the actual word, it means `meddlesome.` You are twisting God`s word.