Male and Female: All are Equal in their Inferiority to the Houn

Let us be clear, I will never write with the intention of resolving a problem. Conflict resolution is beneath me. Fights exist because fights are interesting and peace is boring. So to all ye who cry "world peace!" I say: "Grow up." However, if in the course of formal discourse I happen to make the world a better place, consider it a grudging donation. The following is one of those anomalies.

Proclamation: Men and Women are divinely equal, unique, and inferior to myself.

The question of equality arises from the pesky nature of the Jewish creation story. Namely, there are two of them. The simplest recommendation would be to simply tear out Gen. 2:4-4:26. Go ahead and do that. If you did so, you can stop reading.

Upon glancing over the two separate creation stories you'll notice that the first reads like a campfire chant, while the second is like something out of the Brothers Grimm. The key verse in question for the first tale is number 27:

"So God created Humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them"

Now, that was a tad redundant, but granted, it is an important point to make. This verse makes no clear distinction between male and female. The structure is as follows: God > Humanity [Male and Female]. Now for the second tale:

"the the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground..."[2:7]

"And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman..."[2:22]

Again, there is no inequality in creation. The first woman was formed from a part of the first man, but the man was formed from dust. The building blocks of both are unflattering. So far, Male and Female are equal- then comes the fall. At this point, certain parties (namely, the writers of the Malleus Maleficarum) claim that since woman committed the first sin and subsequently tempted her husband to do the same, all women are condemned to be subordinate.

The pertinent verse is as follows:

"To the woman he said, 'I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.'"[3:16]

This verse is not as naysayers would read it. I know [See Dictum 1]. It is not a universal condemnation of all women from Eve until the end of time. The pain during childbirth is an image that mirrors males forced to work in the fields. The last sentence that seems to project male dominance is an intentional distortion of perfect communion with one another and with God. Male dominance is a distortion of God's original intention, it is a sin. Christianity claims to pursue a more perfect unity with God and fellow man; thus, Christians must pursue equality in relationships.

Furthermore, though male and female are equal, they are unique. Men can't do everything women can do, women can't do everything men can do. If the sexes had identical roles and skill sets this world would be as boring as world peace. If you don't believe that men and women are different, you're living in a dream world. Wake up.

If nothing else, male and female can find unity in their mutual inferiority to myself. I am John C. Calhoun, I am right, I am sexless. "There is no other tale to tell"

Calhoun out.