I just want to bring my theology degree to bear on his viewpoint. Genesis chs. 1-2 reveal a fundamental equality between male and female. Both of them, together, are given a divine mandate to rule. Neither superiority on his part, or inferiority on hers, is in play.
After the curse of Genesis 3, one of the unfortunate outcomes was that he would desire to rule over her. Unfortunately we have seen that playing out down through history, as women have been suppressed and abused. It was not part of the original divine mandate.
Despite this we still have women exercising spiritual authority and changing the course of nations in the OT, and women exercising civic leadership, judicial leadership, military leadership and spiritual leadership.
Fast forward to the New Testament and women played a prominent role in the ministry of Jesus and in the early church.
It appalls me how Christians base their worldview on male/female roles in leadership and in the church without knowing the scriptures very well, and without knowing much about the life and ministry of Jesus, or indeed the early church. Women were prominent throughout.
I will stop writing as I could do a graduate paper on this, and it pisses me off to see it.
This fella is a misogynist.